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High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$12.88$11.75 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$46.77 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $23 to $95Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $69professional $13

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
$28.84
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$30.20
4 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$40.74

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.