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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

New York 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.98$2.34 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$4.79 to $12.59

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $9professional $4

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
$3.55
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$12.59
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$22.91
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$9.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$7.08
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$17.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.62
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
$1.78
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.71
Typical High
$0.81

Where New York 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.

New York· 34th of 51

$4.27

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.