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Chromatography To Identify A Substance

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 82486

A laboratory technique that separates the different substances in a sample so one particular substance can be picked out and identified. The sample is drawn through a separating material and each substance travels at its own rate, spreading them into a pattern the laboratory reads. The result reports whether that substance is present, not how much of it there is.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chromatography To Identify A Substance cost?

$31.62

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $61.66.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $16 to $100Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $43
$20$50$100facility $22professional $35

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Massachusetts than in Virginia. 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.

Wisconsin· 13th of 50

$31.62

MA $100VA $15.85

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.