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High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 86141

A blood test that measures C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation in the body, using a more sensitive method than the standard CRP test. It is often used to help assess cardiovascular risk by detecting low-grade inflammation that a routine CRP test might miss.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test cost?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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$10.96$6.61 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$10.96 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $11

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
$10.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
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
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$7.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.88

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 8.3 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.

Kentucky· 41st of 51

$10.96

VT $81.28MD $9.77

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.