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Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Level

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 82135

Measures delta-aminolevulinic acid, one of the earliest building blocks the body uses to make the red pigment of blood. When a step further along that pathway is blocked, this substance backs up and its level rises. It is used when a porphyria or lead exposure is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Level cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 9 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$15.85 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$23.44 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $16 to $79Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $49
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $40professional $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
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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· 21st of 51

$19.05

SD $31.62MD $12.30

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.