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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Montana 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?

$6.17

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.75 from a physician practice, and about $7.41 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$5.75$3.98 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.41$6.03 to $14.45

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $6 to $43Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $31
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $7professional $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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$6.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.46

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$6.17

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.