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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83060

A laboratory test that measures an altered form of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that normally carries oxygen. The altered form cannot carry oxygen, so a high level means the blood delivers less oxygen than the usual count would suggest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein cost?

$7.08

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.61$4.37 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$7.08 to $7.08

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $7Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $10
$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 39th of 51

$7.08

AK $19.95KY $5.75

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.