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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 5 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$14.79$10.23 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.14 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $59Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $15

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
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$15.85

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$16.60

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.