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Fern Test

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 6 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$9.77$9.12 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$9.77 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $10 to $72Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Arizona 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.

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$9.77

AZ $30.90FL $6.76

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.