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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Kentucky 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$3.72$2.29 to $4.27
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$3.80 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $78Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $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
$3.80
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.46
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$6.46

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$3.80

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.