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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Georgia 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$34.67$28.84 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$72.44 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $56 to $251Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $91
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $35

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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$91.20
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$151.36
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
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 50th of 51

$47.86

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.