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Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Score

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 81490

A blood test that measures a group of proteins linked to inflammation and combines the readings, using a set formula, into a single score describing how active rheumatoid arthritis currently is. The score helps the doctor judge whether the disease is well controlled or whether treatment should change. It is used to follow known disease rather than to make the first diagnosis.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Score cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$501 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$891 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $501 to $3,981Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,995
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $501

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,168.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Nebraska· 45th of 51

$550

AK $1,905GA $355

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.