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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84512

Checks a blood sample for troponin, a protein that leaks out of heart muscle when it is injured. This version reports simply whether troponin is present above a set level, rather than giving an exact number. A positive result signals heart muscle damage and prompts further assessment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.03 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.03$4.37 to $11.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $18Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20facility $18professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$6.31
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Kansas than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 6th of 51

$14.45

KS $34.67KY $6.46

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.