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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

New Jersey 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?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.98 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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$3.98$3.55 to $5.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$6.92 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $63Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $10professional $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
$5.89
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$13.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$5.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.61

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 20th of 51

$5.37

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.