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Specialized Protein Level Blood Test

Vermont 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 5 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$19.95$19.95 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$87.10 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $13 to $309Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $191professional $20

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$37.15

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 11th of 51

$19.95

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.