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Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein

North Carolina 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 7 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$15.14$13.49 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$22.39 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $15 to $132Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $37
$10$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $15

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
$15.14
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$37.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$19.05
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$22.39

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.