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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Minnesota 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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$8.71$7.08 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$8.32 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $65Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$2.09

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 51

$8.71

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.