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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Kansas 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 6 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$25.70$21.88 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$31.62 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $26 to $68Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $37
$20$50$100facility $51professional $26

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
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$46.77

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 37th of 51

$26.30

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.