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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Oregon 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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 8 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$11.22$9.77 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$9.77 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$5$10$20$50facility $11professional $11

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
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$24.55
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.50
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 19th of 51

$10.96

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.