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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

South Dakota 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$32.36$12.30 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$51.29 to $302

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $26 to $309Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $123
$10$20$50$100$200facility $105professional $32

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
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$123.03
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$37.15

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.