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Western Blot Protein Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS 84181

A laboratory test that uses a technique called a Western blot to detect a specific protein in a sample of blood or other body fluid. It is often used to confirm the results of an earlier screening test, such as one used to check for a particular infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Western Blot Protein Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$8.32 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$16.98 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $39
$10$20$50facility $23professional $13

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
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$54.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$38.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$37.15
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
$5.62
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.31

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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.

Georgia· 33rd of 51

$16.98

KS $48.98NJ $13.18

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.