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Chromatography To Identify A Substance

Texas 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 4 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$25.12$23.99 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$14.13 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $100Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $24 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$32.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$32.36
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 43rd of 50

$20.89

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.