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Methemalbumin Test

Washington 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$6.92 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$11.75 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $30Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20facility $16professional $10

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$29.51
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.50
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
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.57

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 31st of 51

$10.00

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.