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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$5.75 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$23.44 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $9

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
$10.23
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.50
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.00
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
$5.01
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.69

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$13.80

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.