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Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase)

Minnesota 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$9.33 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$10.47 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $135Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $11

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
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.30
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$11.22

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.