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Methemalbumin Test

Colorado 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.41$4.47 to $8.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$19.50 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $8 to $49Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $20
$5$10$20$50facility $31professional $7

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
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.49
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$41.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$7.94
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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.19

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$11.75

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.