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Procalcitonin Blood Test

New Mexico 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$31.62$20.42 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$48.98 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $32 to $263Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $16 to $162
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $87professional $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
$32.36
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$57.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 32nd of 51

$35.48

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.