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Methemalbumin Test

Mississippi 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 4 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$12.02$8.51 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$10.72 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$5$10$20facility $19professional $12

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
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.88

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$12.30

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.