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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Illinois 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 October 2026.

How much does Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample cost?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$3.63$3.63 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$6.46 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $25Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$81.28
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$5.13
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
$1.95
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$2.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.95

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$4.07

AK $10.72NE $3.16

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.