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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $4.27 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$3.02$3.02 to $3.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.98 to $9.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4professional $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
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$8.51
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd 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.