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Vitamin K Blood Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 84597

A blood test that measures the amount of vitamin K in the bloodstream. Vitamin K is needed for normal blood clotting and for bone health, and the test is ordered when a shortage or a problem absorbing it is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vitamin K Blood Test cost?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$19.05$13.80 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$29.51 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $17 to $129Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34
$10$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $19

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
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$19.05
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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 11th of 51

$19.50

AK $38.02MD $10.23

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.