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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Virginia 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?

$4.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.47 from a physician practice, and about $6.76 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$3.47$3.47 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.76$4.68 to $12.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $28Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $11
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $7professional $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
$4.37
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$10.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$3.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$8.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$9.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.77
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$7.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$4.90

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$4.37

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.