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Methemalbumin Test

Illinois 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$8.32$6.46 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$11.22 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $8

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
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$19.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$125.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.72

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 38th of 51

$9.77

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.