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Advanced Lab Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry

West 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $129 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 5 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$18.20 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$40.74 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $26 to $214Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $129professional $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
$30.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$120.23
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$501.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.12

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 4th of 51

$40.74

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.