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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Virginia 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$8.51 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$17.38 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $85Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $24professional $12

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
$12.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$30.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$85.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.39
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$38.90
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.38
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
$6.46
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$13.80

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.