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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

West 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$7.94 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$16.98 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $15 to $148Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $47professional $13

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
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$87.10
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$35.48
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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 27th of 51

$17.38

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.