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Fetal Hemoglobin Test, Present Or Absent

North Carolina 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?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $7.76 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 6 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$6.46$5.75 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.76$6.46 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $8professional $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
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$8.32
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 51

$6.46

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.