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Trace Metal Blood Test

Iowa 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$23.44$15.49 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$20.42 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $15 to $59Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $12 to $135
$5$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $23

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
$15.49
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$41.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$26.30

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.