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Trace Metal Blood Test

Vermont 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$35.48$32.36 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$33.88 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $20 to $347Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $224professional $35

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$54.95

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 3rd of 51

$35.48

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.