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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Illinois 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$13.18$8.91 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$23.44 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $93Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $30professional $13

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
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.47

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 28th of 51

$16.98

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.