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Chromatography To Identify A Substance

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82487

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?

$16.22

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $14.13 to $70.79.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $100Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $74
$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $25

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$74.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.11
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Massachusetts than in Alaska. 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· 45th of 50

$16.22

MA $100AK $14.13

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.