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Breath Alcohol Test

Massachusetts 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 8 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$30.20$30.20 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$32.36 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $22 to $91Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $63
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $59professional $30

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
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$141.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$63.10
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$57.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$31.62

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.