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Fern Test

Ohio rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$6.03 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$10.00 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $8

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
$9.77
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.22
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.00
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$41.69
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$10.23

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 34th of 51

$9.12

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.