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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Connecticut 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$21.38$21.38 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$31.62 to $61.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $30 to $87Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $18 to $31
$20$50$100facility $50professional $21

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
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 42nd of 51

$24.55

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.