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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$13.18$8.13 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$17.38 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $72Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $13

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
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
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
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.16

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 12th of 51

$16.22

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.