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Blood Test For A Specific Body Substance

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 82380

This laboratory test measures the level of a particular substance in a blood sample. The result provides information relevant to a specific medical condition and is generally reviewed alongside a patient's symptoms and other test results. What the result means in practice depends on the substance involved.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For A Specific Body Substance cost?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$9.12$7.94 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$28.84 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $12 to $98Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $45professional $9

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
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.88
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
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$1.45
Typical High
$1.48

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in Maryland. 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.

South Carolina· 11th of 51

$12.02

KS $25.12MD $6.92

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.