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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

South Carolina 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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$25.12$13.49 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$33.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $21 to $148Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $9 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200facility $62professional $25

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
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
3 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
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 8th of 51

$25.70

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.