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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 July 2026.

How much does Creatine Kinase Isoform Test cost?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.55 from a physician practice, and about $12.88 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 6 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$9.55$9.33 to $10.47
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.88$10.23 to $27.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $10

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
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.60
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$9.55

SD $22.39DC $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.