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Trace Metal Blood Test

Montana 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$25.12$18.20 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$26.92 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $25 to $457Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $135
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $32professional $25

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
$57.54
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$29.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$63.10
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$28.18

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$26.92

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.