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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Indiana 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.24 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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$3.24$2.14 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$4.27 to $11.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $16Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $9
$10$100$1Kfacility $5professional $3

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
$7.94
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$12.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.75
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
$1.78
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$12.30

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$3.80

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.