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Fetal Hemoglobin Test, Present Or Absent

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$6.31$6.31 to $6.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$9.77 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $6 to $66Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$5.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.55

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 42nd 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.