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Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82308

This blood test measures the level of a hormone made by the thyroid gland that helps regulate calcium in the body. It is often used as a tumor marker to help diagnose and monitor a specific type of thyroid cancer.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$13.80 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$18.20 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $18 to $22Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $31
$20$50$100facility $19professional $20

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$21.88
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 51st of 51

$18.62

KS $64.57AL $18.62

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.