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Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein

South 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$14.79$14.45 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$58.88 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $15 to $151Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $93professional $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
$25.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.39

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 7th of 51

$32.36

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.