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Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82139

A laboratory test that measures the levels of amino acids, the building blocks the body uses to make protein, in a blood or urine sample. A broad group of them is measured together from one specimen. Unusual patterns can point to an inherited disorder of metabolism, a nutrition problem, or trouble with the liver or kidneys.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 5 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$15.14$13.80 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$17.38 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $19professional $15

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
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$23.44

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in South Dakota than in Tennessee. 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.

Alabama· 32nd of 51

$18.20

SD $40.74TN $13.18

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.