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Procalcitonin Blood Test

Arizona rates for HCPCS 84145

Measures procalcitonin, a substance that climbs sharply in the blood during a serious bacterial infection while staying low in most viral illnesses. It helps doctors judge how likely a bacterial infection is, how severe it is, and whether antibiotics can safely be stopped as a patient improves. It is often repeated so the trend can be followed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Procalcitonin Blood Test cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$11.75 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$22.39 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $17 to $126Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $16

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
$18.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$24.55
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Minnesota than in Georgia. 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.

Arizona· 44th of 51

$21.88

MN $89.13GA $18.20

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.