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Trace Metal Blood Test

Kentucky 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 5 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$16.22$14.79 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$16.60 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $17 to $58Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $16

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
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$16.98

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.