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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Iowa 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 8 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$18.62$15.85 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$36.31 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $24 to $3,548Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $158
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $58professional $19

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
$53.70
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$52.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$31.62

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.