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Methemalbumin Test

Vermont 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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 5 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$16.60$16.60 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$10.72 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $4 to $170Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $74professional $17

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$28.84

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 3rd of 51

$16.60

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.