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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Colorado 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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 7 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$3.55$3.47 to $3.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$6.17 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20facility $12professional $4

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
$2.95
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.62
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.77
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$4.37

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$4.37

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.