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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

Virginia 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$18.20$16.22 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$23.99 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $132Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $46
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $35professional $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
$20.42
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$58.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$20.42

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.