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Trace Metal Blood Test

Michigan 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 Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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$18.20$15.14 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$18.20 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $35Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $15 to $22
$10$20$50facility $19professional $18

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
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.92
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$20.42

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 36th 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.