Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Infectious disease, chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, six biochemical assays (ALT, A2-macroglobulin, apolipoprotein A-1, total bilirubin, GGT, and haptoglobin) utilizing serum, prognostic algorithm reported as scores for fibrosis and necroinflammatory activity in liver
Houston, TX
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Mhhs Imaging Center’s median price of $30 is 65% below the median hospital's median price ($88), higher than 1% of the 2,146 hospitals reporting CPT 81596. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 2 payers, 9 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc nexus facility · case rate · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 4 | Bcbs Tx bcbs blue advantage hmo (bav) facility · case rate · outpatient | $242 | $242 | — | — | — | $242 – $242 |
| 5 | Bcbs Tx bcbs my blue health (mbh) facility · case rate · outpatient | $242 | $242 | — | — | — | $242 – $242 |
| 6 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue essentials facility · case rate · outpatient | $321 | $321 | — | — | — | $321 – $321 |
| 7 | Bcbs Tx bcbs high performance network (hpn) facility · case rate · outpatient | $331 | $331 | — | — | — | $331 – $331 |
| 8 | Bcbs Tx bcbs hmo blue premier facility · case rate · outpatient | $331 | $331 | — | — | — | $331 – $331 |
| 9 | Bcbs Tx bcbs ppo/pos facility · case rate · outpatient | $378 | $378 | — | — | — | $378 – $378 |
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
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