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Fern Test

Virginia rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $11.22 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$6.76$5.50 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.22$9.77 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $43Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $11professional $7

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
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.41
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$4,570.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.31
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
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.74

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$8.32

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.