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Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine

Maryland 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 6 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$13.80$12.59 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$20.42 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $12 to $417Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $316professional $14

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
$12.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.12

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 49th of 51

$14.13

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.