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Fern Test

Georgia rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$7.41$3.89 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.71 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $34Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $7

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
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
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
$3.24
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.86

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Georgia· 41st of 51

$8.32

AK $17.38FL $7.41

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.