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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Mississippi 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 July 2026.

How much does Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.47$7.41 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$9.77 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $20
$5$10$20facility $12professional $10

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$15.49

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Mississippi· 15th of 51

$11.22

SD $15.85MD $7.24

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.