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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Indiana 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?

$7.41

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.41 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.17 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.17$4.07 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$8.71 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $10professional $6

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
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.75
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
$3.98
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$5.25

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$7.41

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.