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Methemalbumin Test

Massachusetts 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 8 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$10.72$10.00 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$14.79 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $43Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$100$1Kfacility $25professional $11

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
$7.41
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$35.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$28.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$25.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$27.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 51

$11.22

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.