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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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$13.49$12.88 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$15.49 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $13 to $166Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200facility $43professional $13

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
$12.88
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$100.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$13.49

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.