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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83789

A laboratory technique called mass spectrometry is used to precisely identify and measure a substance in a blood or other body fluid sample, offering more accuracy than some standard testing methods for certain hard-to-measure substances. It is typically used when a highly specific or highly sensitive laboratory result is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$15.85 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$20.89 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $17 to $72Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Nebraska than in Connecticut. 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· 41st of 51

$20.42

NE $47.86CT $16.60

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.