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Trace Metal Blood Test

Tennessee 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 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$15.14 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$19.05 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $15 to $87Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $15 to $27
$5$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $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
$15.14
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.18

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 50th of 51

$15.85

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.