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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Illinois 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 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$22.91$20.42 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$35.48 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $29 to $120Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $50
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $52professional $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
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$323.59
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$29.51

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 16th of 51

$29.51

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.