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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $64.57 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$23.44$23.44 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$25.70 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $23 to $120Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $45
$20$50$100facility $65professional $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
$23.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$32.36
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th 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.