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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$6.76 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$13.49 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $66Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $9

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
$10.23
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$26.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.99
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$14.13
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
$5.13
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$10.96

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.