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Vitamin D Level Measurement

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0038U

Measures a person's vitamin D status. It quantifies the two circulating forms, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, in blood serum and reports their levels. No genetic material is examined.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vitamin D Level Measurement cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$13.80 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $24Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $12 to $34
$20$50$100facility $18professional $20

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
1 more rate 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
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Texas than in New Mexico. 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.

Alabama· 49th of 51

$17.78

TX $105NM $13.80

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.