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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 7 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$11.48$10.47 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$26.30 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $17 to $162Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $52professional $11

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
$17.38
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$26.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$38.02
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.49
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $26.30 · 5th of 51
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.