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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Minnesota 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?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$4.79$3.80 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$4.47 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $47Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $5

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
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$11.22
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
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$1.12

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 27th of 51

$4.79

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.