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Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine

Iowa 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$16.98$12.88 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$20.42 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $17 to $263Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $112
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $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
$12.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$43.65
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$42.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$24.55

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.