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Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid Level

Virginia 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 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 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$12.30$11.48 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$16.60 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $85Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $25professional $12

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
$15.49
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$15.49

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.