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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

South Carolina 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?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $9.55 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.79$3.72 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.55$6.31 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $10professional $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
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$6.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$5.75
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
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.74
Median
$0.74
Typical High
$0.76

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$6.03

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.