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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Colorado 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?

$3.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 7 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$3.02$2.69 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$5.37 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $3 to $20Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $10professional $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
$2.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$4.79
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$8.32
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.80

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 32nd of 51

$3.39

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.