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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Kentucky 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $9.12 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.24$4.47 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.12$7.94 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $50Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$7.94
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
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
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$7.24

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.