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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

North Carolina 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $14.13 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$3.72$3.63 to $4.17
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.13$5.13 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $4 to $66Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$3.98
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$6.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$4.07

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.