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Trace Metal Blood Test

Arkansas 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 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$16.60$15.49 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$20.42 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32
$5$10$20$50facility $23professional $17

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
$14.79
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$18.20

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.