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Methemalbumin Test

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Methemalbumin Test cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$5.62 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$10.47 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $7 to $49Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.79
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.45

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Arizona· 38th of 51

$9.12

AK $23.99NE $7.08

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.