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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 October 2026.

How much does Specialized Protein Level Blood Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$7.08 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $15 to $15Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $15
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $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
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$11.22
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
$6.03
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.6 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.

Alabama· 17th of 51

$15.14

AK $37.15NE $8.13

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.