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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Colorado 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 7 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$18.20$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$31.62 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $18 to $135Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $59professional $18

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
$18.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$22.91

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 37th of 51

$21.88

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.