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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

West 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?

$3.80

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.72 from a physician practice, and about $6.92 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$3.72$3.47 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.92$2.69 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $52Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $7professional $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
$2.69
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$32.36
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$30.20
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$6.46

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 47th of 51

$3.80

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.