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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Nebraska 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$8.13$7.76 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$9.55 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $7 to $85Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17
$1$5$20$100$500facility $33professional $8

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
$8.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$13.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.12
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$8.13

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.