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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Utah 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $58.88 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$58.88$52.48 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$83.18 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $65 to $457Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $52 to $83
$50$100$200$500facility $339professional $59

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
$64.57
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 34th of 51

$63.10

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.