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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 83520

This laboratory test measures the amount of a specific substance in a blood or fluid sample using an antibody-based technique. It is a flexible test method labs use to measure hormones, proteins, or other markers not covered by a more specific standard test, as part of diagnosis or monitoring.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does General Quantitative Blood Marker Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$7.24 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$24.55 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $12

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
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$44.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.88
3 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
$6.46
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$36.31

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Vermont than in Kentucky. 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.

Colorado· 24th of 51

$17.78

VT $229KY $11.22

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.