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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Washington, DC 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?

$3.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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 5 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$3.02 to $3.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$3.02 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $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
$3.02
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.13

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 48th of 51

$3.02

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.