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Fetal Hemoglobin Test, Present Or Absent

Pennsylvania 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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$6.46$6.31 to $7.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$9.77 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $35Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$6.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.05
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.45
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.48
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$23.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$42.66
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 33rd of 51

$7.59

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.