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Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase)

Virginia 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$7.76$5.75 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$11.22 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $17professional $8

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
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.85
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.75
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
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th of 51

$9.12

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.