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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Maryland 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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 6 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$12.59$11.48 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$21.88 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $13 to $309Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $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
$12.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$12.88

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.