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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Vermont 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?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$8.13$7.41 to $8.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$4.68 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $2 to $83Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $36professional $8

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.41
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.68
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$1.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$12.59

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 3rd of 51

$8.13

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.