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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

New York 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?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.82 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.82$1.74 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$3.89 to $9.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $21Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$1$5$20$100facility $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
$1.74
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$8.13
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$19.50
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.12
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$7.76
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$6.03
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$17.38
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.68

Where New York 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.

New York· 40th of 51

$3.16

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.