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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Arkansas 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 7 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$11.22$10.23 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$15.49 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $34Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $21professional $11

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$22.91

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. 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.

Arkansas· 21st of 51

$16.60

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.