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Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 82610

This blood test measures the level of a small protein that the kidneys filter out of the blood. It is used, sometimes as an alternative or a complement to other common kidney tests, to help estimate how well the kidneys are working.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein cost?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$13.80$13.80 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$33.88 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $14 to $170Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $95professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$144.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$23.44

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in West Virginia than in Connecticut. 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.

Washington, DC· 5th of 51

$33.88

WV $46.77CT $13.49

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.