go back

Methemalbumin Test

Missouri 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$11.22$6.46 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.45 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $100Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$9.12
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$12.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.45
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
$4.57
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.45

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$12.88

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.