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Breath Alcohol Test

Tennessee 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 5 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$16.60$13.49 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$30.20 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $8 to $141Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$0.1$1$10$100facility $51professional $17

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
$51.29
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$41.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 38th of 51

$26.92

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.