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Trace Metal Blood Test

Colorado 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 7 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$15.49$15.14 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$26.92 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $15 to $102Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $15

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
$12.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$41.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$19.05

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.