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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$25.12$22.91 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$23.99 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $24 to $81Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $30
$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $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
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 35th 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.