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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Colorado 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$3.72 to $7.08
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$15.85 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $7 to $41Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $6

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
$8.91
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$7.08
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
$3.24
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 21st of 51

$9.33

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.