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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Tennessee 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$18.20 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$22.39 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $18 to $129Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $16 to $26
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $66professional $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
$19.05
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$19.05

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.