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Breath Alcohol Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 82075

Measures the amount of alcohol in a sample of exhaled breath. The person breathes into a device that estimates the blood alcohol level from the air coming out of the lungs, giving a result within moments and without a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breath Alcohol Test cost?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 7 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$39.81$18.20 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$0.03 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $0 to $78Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $11 to $200
$0.1$1$10$100facility $19professional $40

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
$0.02
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$54.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Delaware 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.

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$30.20

DE $89.13KY $12.02

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.