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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $6.17 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 8 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$3.24$3.09 to $3.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.17$4.79 to $11.22

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $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
$3.39
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.37
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.17
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$5.75
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.92
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.14
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.00
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$11.75
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.62

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 35th 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.