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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Idaho 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$4.68$4.37 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$4.68 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $8professional $5

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
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$6.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$16.60
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$7.59

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$5.37

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.