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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Idaho 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$9.12 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$9.77 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $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
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$34.67
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 14th of 51

$11.22

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.