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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Montana 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 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 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$25.70$16.22 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$31.62 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $30 to $347Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $16 to $158
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $58professional $26

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
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$72.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$25.12

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$30.20

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.