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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Washington, DC 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 July 2026.

How much does General Quantitative Blood Marker Test cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.88$12.88 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$39.81 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $21 to $186Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $89professional $13

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$134.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$21.88

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in South Dakota than in Vermont. 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.

Washington, DC· 7th of 51

$39.81

SD $83.18VT $12.30

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.