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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Montana 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $91.20 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$91.20$72.44 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$91.20 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $91 to $417Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $52 to $479
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $110professional $91

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
$204.17
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$97.72

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.