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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

Utah 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$9.12$7.59 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$11.22 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $11 to $76Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $46professional $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
$10.96
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$16.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.71
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.59
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 27th of 51

$9.77

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.