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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Alaska rates for HCPCS 83070

Checks a sample for hemosiderin, a form of stored iron that appears when red blood cells have been breaking apart inside the bloodstream. The result is reported simply as present or absent rather than as a measured amount.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$8.71 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$4.27 to $4.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$33.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 15th of 51

$5.75

OK $11.75DC $3.55

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.