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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Washington, DC 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$18.20$18.20 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$43.65 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $18 to $204Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $63
$10$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $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
$75.86
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.90

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 3rd of 51

$43.65

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.