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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Minnesota 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 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$9.77$7.76 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$9.12 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $71Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$22.91
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.34

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$9.77

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.