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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Indiana 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $17.38 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$9.33$6.17 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.38$16.22 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $51Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $21
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $17professional $9

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
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
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
$6.46
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$17.38

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 50th of 51

$12.02

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.