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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Missouri 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 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 $16.98 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$5.89 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$11.75 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$44.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$13.18
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
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.24

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th of 51

$11.22

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.