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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Kansas 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 6 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$63.10$52.48 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$77.62 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $52 to $219Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $48 to $91
$50$100$200facility $129professional $63

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
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 30th of 51

$70.79

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.