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Fern Test

Montana rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$15.49$11.22 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$12.30 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $44
$10$20$50facility $14professional $15

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.00

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$15.49

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.