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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Virginia 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 October 2026.

How much does Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$33.11 to $57.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$72.44 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $347Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $29 to $85
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $83professional $50

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$354.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Virginia· 41st of 51

$54.95

AK $162NE $47.86

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.