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Amino Acid Panel, Blood or Urine

North Carolina 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 7 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$13.49$13.49 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$18.20 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $13 to $741Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $56professional $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
$13.49
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$23.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$17.38

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.