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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Missouri 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$16.60$10.47 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$19.05 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $123Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $7 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $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
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$23.44
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
$7.41
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$19.50

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.