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Procalcitonin Blood Test

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Procalcitonin Blood Test cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$25.70$20.89 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$25.70 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $26 to $129Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $35
$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $26

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
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$47.86
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$30.90

SD $162DC $20.42

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.