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Liver Fibrosis And Fat Blood Score

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0166U

Assesses the state of the liver from a blood sample rather than a biopsy. It measures ten substances in serum, among them alpha-2-macroglobulin, haptoglobin, apolipoprotein A1, bilirubin, GGT, ALT, AST and triglycerides, and reports separate scores for scarring (fibrosis), inflammation and fat build-up.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liver Fibrosis And Fat Blood Score cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$575$537 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$575 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,820Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $251 to $661
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $575

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
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 33.1 times more in South Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$603

SD $955KY $28.84

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.