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Methemalbumin Test

Minnesota 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.72$8.91 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$10.00 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $79Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$20.89
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.12
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.57

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$10.72

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.