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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

Massachusetts 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.55$6.17 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$9.12 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $32Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $27
$10$100$1Kfacility $14professional $10

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
$7.08
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$8.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$29.51
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$39.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$34.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$29.51
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$21.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$17.78
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.33
3 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
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.41
Median
$1.41
Typical High
$1.70
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$10.23

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.