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Trace Metal Blood Test

South 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?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 6 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$19.05$18.20 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$38.90 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $23 to $58Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $39professional $19

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
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 20th of 51

$22.91

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.