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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 6 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$10.72 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$18.20 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $68Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $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
$24.55
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.95
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 44th of 51

$12.30

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.