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Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase)

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 83915

This blood test measures the activity of an enzyme made mainly in the liver, used to help figure out whether a raised level of a different, more commonly ordered liver enzyme is actually coming from the liver or from bone. It's typically ordered as a follow-up test rather than as a routine first check. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase) cost?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$5.89 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$9.33 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $8

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.75
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.49
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
$4.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.51

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas than in Kentucky. 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$7.94

KS $27.54KY $7.94

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.