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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

Minnesota 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.00$8.13 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$9.55 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $10professional $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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.50
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.44
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$1.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.40

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 51

$10.00

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.