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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 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 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$8.91$7.24 to $8.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$11.75 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $56Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$10$20$50facility $26professional $9

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
$14.13
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$16.98

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 16th 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.