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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Illinois 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?

$72.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $54.95 from a physician practice, and about $126 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 7 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$54.95$43.65 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$126$87.10 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $126 · 10th to 90th $71 to $646Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $3 to $120
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $126professional $55

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
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$147.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$72.44

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$72.44

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.