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Creatine Kinase Isoform Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82554

A blood test that separates creatine kinase, an enzyme released when muscle tissue is damaged, into its individual isoforms and measures them. Looking at the separate forms gives more detail than a single overall figure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Creatine Kinase Isoform Test cost?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.71$7.59 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$9.55 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17
$10$20$50facility $16professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$2.04
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$43.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. 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· 43rd of 51

$9.55

KS $36.31OK $8.91

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.