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C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Blood Test

Michigan 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$4.90$3.89 to $6.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$6.17 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $5 to $68Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$7.24
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.80
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.76
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
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.05
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 18th of 51

$6.17

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.