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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 81596

Several substances measured in one blood sample are combined by a formula into scores that estimate how much scarring and inflammation is present in the liver of someone with long-standing hepatitis C. It gives a picture of liver damage without taking a tissue sample. The result helps guide how urgently treatment and monitoring are needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$52.48$47.86 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$66.07 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $60 to $145Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $44 to $98
$50$100$200$500facility $79professional $52

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
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in West Virginia than in Florida. 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· 32nd of 51

$67.61

WV $224FL $50.12

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.