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Methemalbumin Test

Kentucky 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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 5 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$8.91$8.51 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$8.71 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $10professional $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
$8.71
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$35.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$15.14

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$8.91

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.