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Breath Alcohol Test

North Carolina 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 6 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$26.30$13.49 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$22.39 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $141Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $26professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.92
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$26.30

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.