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Trace Metal Blood Test

South 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 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$15.85$15.85 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$30.20 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $16 to $204Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$15.85
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$19.95

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.