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Red Cell Protoporphyrin Screen

West Virginia 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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$7.76$7.24 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$7.94 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $8
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $8

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
$7.94
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$12.02

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$7.94

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.