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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Oklahoma 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?

$8.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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 5 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$7.24$4.90 to $7.24
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$7.24 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.41

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 37th of 51

$8.71

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.