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Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase)

South Carolina 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$11.22$7.94 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$23.99 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $71Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $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
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$15.49
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
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$1.78

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$13.49

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.