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Trace Metal Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$20.42$19.05 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$20.42 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $20 to $151Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $16 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $54professional $20

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 31st of 51

$20.42

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.