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Hepatitis C Liver Scarring Blood Panel

Washington 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?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$64.57$44.67 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$72.44 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $71 to $200Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $30 to $81
$50$100$200facility $107professional $65

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
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$70.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$199.53
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$144.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$72.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 27th of 51

$67.61

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.