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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Georgia 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?

$4.47

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.47 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 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$3.98$3.09 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$4.79 to $8.91

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $17Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $10
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $6professional $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
$3.72
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$8.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$9.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$9.77
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.46

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 34th of 51

$4.47

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.