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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 October 2026.

How much does Methemalbumin Test cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$6.61 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$10.23 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $38Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $29
$10$100$1Kfacility $15professional $10

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
$7.41
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$11.75
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$31.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$41.69
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$40.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$31.62
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$22.39
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$18.62
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
3 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
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$2.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.60

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$11.22

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.