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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Georgia 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 8 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$22.91$19.50 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$26.30 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $22 to $105Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $23

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
$20.42
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$25.70

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.