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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82540

A laboratory test that measures a single named substance in a patient's sample. The result is used to help make a diagnosis. Only that one substance is reported.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance cost?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $4.07 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$10.47$4.68 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.07$4.07 to $16.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $60Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5$10$20$50facility $4professional $10

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
$32.36
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$14.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$30.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$48.98

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska 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.

Alaska· 25th of 51

$4.90

NE $8.91DC $3.47

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.