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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Illinois 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 October 2026.

How much does Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.47$3.09 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$5.01 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $35Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $3

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.75
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$31.62
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.37
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$2.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.66
Median
$0.66
Typical High
$0.79

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$3.63

AK $9.12KY $2.75

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.