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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Florida 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?

$4.27

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.27 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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 8 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$3.98$3.80 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$6.92 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $4 to $40Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $13professional $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
$4.17
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.50
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$9.12
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$36.31
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.46
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.46
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.68

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 38th of 51

$4.27

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.