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Trace Metal Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$19.50$12.30 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$23.44 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $71Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $19

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
$19.50
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$70.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$52.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.30

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 8th of 51

$26.30

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.