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Trace Metal Blood Test

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 6 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$16.98$15.14 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$15.14 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $13 to $132Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $79
$5$10$20$50$100facility $105professional $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
$15.14
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$79.43
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.20

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 47th 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.