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High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$10.47 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$30.20 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $11 to $120Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$36.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$141.25

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in West Virginia than in Washington, DC. 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$16.22

WV $83.18DC $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.