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Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 9 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$10.23$9.77 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$15.85 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $78Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $35
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $25professional $10

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
$10.23
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$46.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$77.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.92
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$31.62
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$58.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$77.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.30

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $14.13 · 11th of 51
NE $27.54DC $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.