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Fern Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$9.55$6.03 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$9.77 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $29Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $10
$10$20$50facility $11professional $10

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
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00
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
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.55

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$9.77

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.