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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Connecticut 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 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$10.96$8.71 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$17.38 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$20$50facility $22professional $11

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.30
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.20
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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 47th of 51

$13.49

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.