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Fern Test

South Carolina rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$7.59$7.59 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$8.32 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $60Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $8

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
$7.59
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.00

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 45th of 51

$7.76

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.