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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83883

This laboratory test uses a light-scattering technique to measure the level of a specific protein in the blood when that particular protein does not have its own dedicated test listing. It is used when a lab needs to quantify a less commonly tested blood protein using this particular method.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Protein Level Blood Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$12.30$11.22 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$14.45 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $27Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $15professional $12

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
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.05

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $14.45 · 32nd of 51
SD $37.15TN $10.96

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.