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Western Blot Protein Test

Indiana 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 Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$16.98$11.75 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$14.45 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $58Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $46
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $17professional $17

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
$13.80
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$33.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
3 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
$6.46
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GY · Excluded by law
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 34th 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.