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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Montana 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$16.98$12.30 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$17.78 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $174Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $89
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $22professional $17

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
$33.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 14th of 51

$18.20

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.