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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Michigan 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$15.49$12.59 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$16.60 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $79Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $15

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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.47
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$43.65
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
1 more rate 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
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 29th of 51

$16.60

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.