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Breath Alcohol Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$14.45$12.02 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$30.20 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $126Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $68
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $30professional $14

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
$0.03
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$63.10
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 21st 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.