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Methemalbumin Test

Georgia 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 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$8.71$7.08 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$10.72 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20facility $14professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$21.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.14

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$10.00

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.