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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Iowa 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?

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$9.77$7.59 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$9.77 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $28Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $65
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $10

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
$7.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$11.75

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.