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General-Purpose Immunoassay Lab Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83516

A laboratory test that uses an antibody-based method to detect and measure a specific substance in a sample, applied when there is no more specific, dedicated test already established for that particular substance. It is a general-purpose test format applied to a wide range of possible substances rather than one single, named analyte.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does General-Purpose Immunoassay Lab Test cost?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$10.00$6.46 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $18Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $10

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
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$9.33
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
$5.13
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$2.63

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 19th of 51

$13.18

MN $45.71MD $8.71

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.