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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Oregon 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 Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $5.13 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 8 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$5.50$4.47 to $6.76
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.13$4.68 to $8.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $5professional $5

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
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$9.33
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$18.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$6.46

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 18th 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.