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Methemalbumin Test

South Carolina 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$10.72 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$25.12 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $14 to $66Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $15

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
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.49
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
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.74

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$15.85

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.