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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Iowa 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 8 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$17.38$10.47 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$16.22 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $10 to $105Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $95
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $17

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
$10.47
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$34.67
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$21.38

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.