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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Georgia 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.89$4.07 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$8.71 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$16.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.62
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
$2.95
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.70

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 36th of 51

$7.24

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.