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Troponin Test, Positive Or Negative Result

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 5 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$7.94$7.94 to $8.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$10.00 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $8 to $48Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $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
$7.08
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$12.02

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd 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.