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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$72.44$67.61 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$72.44 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $72 to $537Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $105
$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $72

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
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$537.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$162.18

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th 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.