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Trace Metal Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 8 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$15.14$15.14 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$20.42 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $120Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $39
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $15

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
$19.05
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th of 51

$19.05

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.