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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Colorado 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.76$4.07 to $7.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$17.78 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $45Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $28professional $7

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
$9.77
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$13.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24
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
$3.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.95

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$10.23

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.