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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 July 2026.

How much does Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample cost?

$4.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 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 $13.49 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$4.79$4.79 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$4.79 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $46Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $5

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
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$10.47

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$4.79

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.