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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Kentucky 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$17.78$10.96 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$19.95 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $95Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $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
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$19.50

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.