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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Nebraska 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.80 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$3.80$3.09 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$12.30 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $3 to $59Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $31
$2$5$10$20$50facility $25professional $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
$10.96
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$11.22
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$9.33

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$8.91

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.