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Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 87341

A follow-up laboratory step used when a hepatitis B surface antigen result comes back positive. The sample is run again after adding a substance that blocks the true target, and if the signal disappears the original positive is confirmed as genuine rather than a false alarm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation 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 $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$8.71 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$8.71 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
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
$4.17
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$2.04

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas 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· 25th of 51

$10.96

KS $32.36MD $7.76

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.