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Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein

Maryland 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $117 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$13.80$12.59 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$21.38 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $12 to $151Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $25
$10$20$50$100$200facility $117professional $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
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$45.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$14.13

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.