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GlycA Inflammation Marker Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0024U

Measures GlycA, a marker in blood that reflects the overall level of inflammation in the body. The measurement is made using magnetic resonance and reported as a numeric level for this single marker.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does GlycA Inflammation Marker Measurement cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$29.51$10.47 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$33.88 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $31 to $65Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $30

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$34.67

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 8th of 51

$38.90

AK $60.26VT $10.47

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.