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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Maryland 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 6 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$79.43$17.78 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $13 to $148Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $71
$10$20$50$100facility $79professional $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
$13.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$70.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$36.31

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$18.20

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.