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Trace Metal Blood Test

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 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$18.20$15.14 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$30.20 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $18 to $204Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $50
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $65professional $18

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
$30.20
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$43.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.14

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 46th 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.