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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel cost?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$39.81$30.20 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$61.66 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $45 to $331Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $30 to $72
$50$100$200facility $145professional $40

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
$56.23
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$57.54

AK $162NE $47.86

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.