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Trace Metal Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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 7 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$16.22$16.22 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$19.50 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $16 to $117Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $14 to $31
$10$20$50$100facility $65professional $16

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
$16.22
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 41st of 51

$18.20

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.