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Trace Metal Blood Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82495

A specialized laboratory blood test that measures the level of a specific trace metal in the blood. It is used to help evaluate a suspected deficiency or excess of that metal, often based on symptoms, diet, or an underlying health condition. A standard blood sample is used for testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Trace Metal Blood Test cost?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 6 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$45.71$20.42 to $67.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$18.20 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $138Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $18 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $46

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$64.57
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$131.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$204.17

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$39.81

AK $39.81DC $15.14

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.