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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Oklahoma 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?

$6.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$3.47$2.75 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$4.68 to $19.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $24Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $3

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
$3.47
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.98

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 7th of 51

$6.76

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.