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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Florida 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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$7.08$6.31 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$9.77 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $8 to $48Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$8.32
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.91
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.48
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.38
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$57.54
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$9.77

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 49th of 51

$7.41

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.