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Column Analysis For A Substance With No Named Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82543

A laboratory analysis that passes a sample through a column so that one particular substance is separated out from everything else present and reported. It is used for substances that do not have a standard named test of their own, with the laboratory setting up the conditions for whatever is being looked for.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Column Analysis For A Substance With No Named Test cost?

$33.11

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.49 to $77.62.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $12 to $93Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $15 to $107
$20$50$100facility $33professional $28

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$38.02
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$93.33

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Massachusetts than in Alaska. 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 50

$33.11

MA $93.33AK $15.49

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.