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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Arizona rates for HCPCS 84203

A screening test on red blood cells for protoporphyrin, a building block that piles up when the body cannot complete the final step of making hemoglobin. Raised levels point towards iron deficiency or lead exposure. It gives a screening answer rather than a precise measurement.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen cost?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.25$4.90 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$9.33 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $45Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $5

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
$7.59
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75
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
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in New Jersey. 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· 39th of 51

$7.76

KS $24.55NJ $6.76

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.