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Trace Metal Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$22.39$15.49 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$24.55 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $21 to $74Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $22

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
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$24.55

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.