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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Blood Test

Kansas rates for HCPCS 86140

This blood test measures C-reactive protein, a substance the liver produces in response to inflammation anywhere in the body. It is used broadly to detect and track inflammation, whether from infection, injury, or a chronic inflammatory condition.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Blood Test cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.13$3.09 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$16.22 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $6 to $26Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $5

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
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$10.72
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
$2.24
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.10

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in Vermont 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.

Kansas· 8th of 51

$12.02

VT $69.18MD $3.89

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.