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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Missouri 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?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.57 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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$4.57$2.82 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$6.31 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $100Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
$4.07
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$21.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$6.31
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
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.10

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$5.75

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.