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GlycA Inflammation Marker Measurement

Iowa 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 7 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$26.30$22.39 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$33.88 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $26 to $100Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $76
$20$50$100facility $54professional $26

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
$26.30
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$79.43
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$33.88

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.