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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Kentucky 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $4.79 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 5 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$3.80$2.63 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.79$3.89 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $5professional $4

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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.61
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$6.61

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$3.80

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.