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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Massachusetts 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$7.24 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.71 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25
$10$100$1Kfacility $12professional $9

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
$7.94
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$9.33
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.92
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$34.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$32.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$26.92
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$18.62
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.49
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.47
3 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
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.91
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$9.77

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.