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Intrinsic Factor Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83528

A blood test that measures intrinsic factor itself, a substance the stomach lining produces that the body must have in order to take up vitamin B12 from food. A low result helps explain why someone is short of vitamin B12 even though their diet contains plenty of it. It measures the substance, not the vitamin and not how well the vitamin is absorbed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Intrinsic Factor Blood Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$8.91 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $18Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
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
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Kansas than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$17.78

KS $50.12DE $13.18

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.