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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

North Carolina 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$19.50$16.60 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$22.91 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $19 to $186Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $43
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $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
$19.50
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$26.92

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.