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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Washington, DC 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$21.88$21.88 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$21.88 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $22 to $178Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $22 to $81
$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $22

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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$40.74

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$21.88

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.