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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 July 2026.

How much does Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen cost?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.41 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$7.41$7.08 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$12.88 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $8 to $49Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $7

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
$6.17
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$11.75
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.12

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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· 32nd of 51

$9.12

SD $15.85MD $7.24

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.