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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$29.51$26.30 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$29.51 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $30 to $219Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $43
$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $30

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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$57.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$64.57

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th 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.