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Fern Test

Kentucky rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$7.59$5.25 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.92 to $14.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $8

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
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.00
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
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
$2.57
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$8.13

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.