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Trace Metal Blood Test

New Jersey 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 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 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$17.38$15.85 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$38.90 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $20 to $240Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $65professional $17

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
$25.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$57.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.91
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$29.51

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 16th of 51

$23.99

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.