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Fetal Hemoglobin Test, Present Or Absent

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 83033

Checks whether fetal hemoglobin is present in a sample. Fetal hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying protein a baby makes before birth, and it is gradually replaced by the adult form during the first year of life. The result is reported as present or absent rather than as a measured amount.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fetal Hemoglobin Test, Present Or Absent cost?

$6.03

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$6.03$6.03 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$6.03 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $40Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $20
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $6

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
$6.03
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.77

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Florida. 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· 49th of 51

$6.03

OK $14.13FL $5.62

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.