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Chromatography To Identify A Substance

Texas rates for HCPCS 82489

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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$28.84$27.54 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$16.60 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $174Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $28 to $36
$20$50$100facility $23professional $29

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
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 10.5 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· 42nd of 50

$27.54

MA $174AK $16.60

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.