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General-Purpose Immunoassay Lab Test

Arizona 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$7.24$6.61 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$10.96 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $8 to $52Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $7

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
$7.76
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$97.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
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
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.55
Typical High
$1.55

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$10.00

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.