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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

South Carolina 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 South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$3.72 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$7.24 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $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
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$10.47
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
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.41

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th 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.