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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Rhode Island 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?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.79 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 4 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$4.79$3.47 to $4.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$7.59 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $78Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $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
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$9.12

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 12th of 51

$5.62

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.