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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

North Carolina 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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 6 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$8.13$7.94 to $10.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$8.13 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $34Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $9professional $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
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.72
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$8.13

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.