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Methemalbumin Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83857

A blood test that detects methemalbumin, a compound formed when material released from broken-down red blood cells binds to albumin, a protein in the blood. Its presence indicates that red cells have been destroyed inside the bloodstream itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Methemalbumin Test cost?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$10.23$8.91 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$12.30 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $12
$5$10$20facility $16professional $10

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
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$15.14

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$12.30

SD $20.89DC $8.13

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.