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Methemalbumin Test

Kansas 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$10.72$6.46 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$13.49 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $21Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $22
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $11

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
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
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
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$13.49

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.