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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.08 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$4.37 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$8.71 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $43Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $13professional $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
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$16.22
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.71
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
$3.31
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.58

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st 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.