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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 October 2026.

How much does Methemalbumin Test cost?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$5.25 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$10.72 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $21
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $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
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$20.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
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
$7.76
Typical High
$22.39
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
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.09

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$9.33

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.