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Trace Metal Blood Test

West 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$16.22$15.14 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$16.60 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $17 to $55Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $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
$16.60
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$134.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$27.54

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$16.60

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.