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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

South Carolina 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?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.63 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$3.63$3.63 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$6.46 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $4 to $55Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$2$5$10$20$50facility $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
$3.63
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$6.46

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$4.07

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.