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Methemalbumin Test

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$11.22$8.13 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$13.80 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$5$10$20$50facility $32professional $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
$17.38
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$21.38

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 18th 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.