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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.48$6.76 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$11.22 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $11

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
$1.29
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$13.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.62
1 more rate 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
$0.65
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.76

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 37th of 51

$11.48

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.