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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Nebraska 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?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 6 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$7.08$6.46 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$11.75 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $6 to $105Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $65
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $7

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
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$10.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.95
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$19.50

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$15.14

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.