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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Iowa 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $10.96 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$5.62$3.55 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.96$4.68 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $5 to $58Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $31
$5$10$20$50$100facility $11professional $6

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
$3.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$12.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$11.75
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$7.59

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.