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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Delaware 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 Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 4 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$24.55$22.91 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$33.88 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $30 to $151Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $23 to $87
$20$50$100facility $34professional $25

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
$33.88
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 43rd 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.