1095c - does line 15 employee required contributions count towards "any contributions you personally made (not through your employer)" when filling out the HSA under deductions & credits

[BMcCalpin]

No.

The employee contribution (line 15) is the amount that the employee is required by the employer to pay for the health insurance coverage.

This is a payment for insurance (presumably your High Deductible Health Insurance which you are required to have for an HSA), not to the HSA itself.

Per the IRS, HSA funds also cannot be used to pay most health insurance premiums. See the exceptions in IRS Publication 969 under "Distributions from an HSA.

[Looshis]

My 1095-c has an amount of $159.00 in the “all 12 months” column on line 15. Is this an amount I paid or is it just telling what the lowest price was?

i elected to not have health insurance for the 2021 and made around 80k.