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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Indiana 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$6.46 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$13.49 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $13professional $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
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
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
$5.13
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$15.14

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 41st of 51

$10.96

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.