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Trace Metal Blood Test

North Dakota 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 5 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$30.90$18.20 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$14.13 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $36Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $14 to $47
$20$50$100facility $14professional $31

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
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 6th of 51

$30.20

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.