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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$11.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 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$9.77$7.76 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$10.00 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $66
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $10

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
$7.76
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$23.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.00

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Nebraska than in Connecticut. 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$11.75

NE $15.85CT $7.08

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.