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Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker

North Carolina 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 6 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$40.74$33.88 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$37.15 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $26 to $170Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $23 to $52
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $41

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
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$46.77
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$40.74

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.