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Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker

Pennsylvania 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 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 9 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$37.15 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$53.70 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $41 to $174Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $26 to $76
$10$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $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
$43.65
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$77.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$75.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$74.13
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.02
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$125.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$70.79

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$43.65

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.