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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Iowa 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 7 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$22.39$19.50 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$29.51 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $22 to $85Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $19 to $195
$20$50$100facility $46professional $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
$22.39
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$114.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$67.61
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$32.36

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.