go back

Blood Gold Level Test

Texas rates for HCPCS 80172

Measures the amount of gold in a blood sample. Gold is used as a medicine for some long-standing joint disease, and the level is checked to keep treatment within a safe range.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Gold Level Test cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 4 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$25.70$24.55 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.45 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $89Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $25 to $32
$20$50$100facility $20professional $26

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$32.36
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Massachusetts than in Kansas. 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.

Texas· 43rd of 50

$22.39

MA $89.13KS $14.45

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.