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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Massachusetts 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.77$7.24 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$9.33 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $27
$10$100$1Kfacility $14professional $10

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
$8.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$9.77
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$29.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$38.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$33.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$29.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$20.42
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$16.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72
3 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
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$10.72

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.