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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82642

A specialized blood test that measures the level of a specific chemical substance as part of a broader laboratory work-up. Doctors order this kind of targeted test to help investigate a particular metabolic, hormonal, or organ-function question raised by symptoms or other test results. A standard blood draw is all that's needed to collect the sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Blood Chemistry Test cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$66.07$26.30 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$26.30 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $26 to $209Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $25 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $66

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
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$117.49
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$89.13

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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.

Alaska· 17th of 51

$29.51

NE $43.65VT $21.88

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.