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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83026

A quick, hands-on check of the hemoglobin level in blood, the protein in red cells that carries oxygen, done by dropping blood into a prepared solution and watching how it behaves rather than running it through an analyzer. It gives a fast pass-or-fail style answer about whether the level is above a set point. It is most often used to screen blood donors or to screen for anemia where a full laboratory count is not immediately available.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate cost?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.31 from a physician practice, and about $6.03 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 4 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$3.31$2.69 to $4.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.03$3.98 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10facility $6professional $3

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
$3.98
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.98

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in New Hampshire than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 10th of 51

$4.27

NH $6.92CT $2.40

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.