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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

New Mexico 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?

$4.17

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.17 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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$3.55$3.47 to $5.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$6.92 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $47Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $31
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $15professional $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
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.47

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 41st of 51

$4.17

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.