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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Massachusetts 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?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.68 from a physician practice, and about $11.48 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 9 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$4.47 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.48$6.46 to $14.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $4 to $26Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$10$100$1Kfacility $11professional $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
$4.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$20.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.75
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$7.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$14.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$11.75

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$5.25

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.