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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Montana 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$33.88$25.12 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$38.90 to $112

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $36 to $245Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $24 to $195
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $50professional $34

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
$53.70
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$89.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 2nd of 51

$36.31

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.