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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Rhode Island 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 4 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$18.20 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$29.51 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $28 to $117Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $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
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 38th of 51

$21.38

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.