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Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation

Mississippi 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 5 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$8.13 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$10.96 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $21Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $16professional $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
$10.23
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.50

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $13.18 · 15th 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.