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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Kansas 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$17.38$10.47 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$22.91 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $36Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $17

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
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$31.62
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
$7.41
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.63

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 11th of 51

$22.91

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.