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Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 83876

This laboratory blood test measures the level of a specific marker related to inflammation or immune system activity, used by doctors to help evaluate certain inflammatory or immune-related conditions. Results are interpreted alongside symptoms and other testing rather than on their own. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker cost?

$38.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$38.02$38.02 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$38.02 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $38 to $234Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $38 to $120
$10$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $38

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
$38.02
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$398.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$57.54

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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, DC· 49th of 51

$38.02

AK $75.86CT $32.36

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.