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Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Level

Montana 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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$21.88$19.05 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$20.42 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $93Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $15 to $110
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $25professional $22

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 9th of 51

$22.39

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.