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Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Level

Rhode Island 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 4 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$16.98$12.30 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$20.89 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $19 to $102Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $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
$26.30
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$32.36

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 29th of 51

$16.98

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.