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Fern Test

Washington rates for HCPCS Q0114

Fern test

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Fern Test cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$5.89 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$10.23 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20facility $14professional $9

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.77
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.92
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.92
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.00
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38
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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.91

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 31st 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.