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Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine

Kentucky 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$13.18$2.09 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$14.45 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $145Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $2 to $25
$2$10$50$200facility $25professional $13

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
$13.18
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$8.32
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$23.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$13.80

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.