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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Washington, DC 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?

$3.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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$3.47$3.47 to $3.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$3.47 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $32Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $3 to $16
$2$5$10$20$50facility $17professional $3

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
$3.47
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.94

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$3.47

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.