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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

New Jersey 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 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$23.99$19.50 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$64.57$38.02 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $65 · 10th to 90th $29 to $324Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $17 to $28
$100$1K$10Kfacility $65professional $24

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
$29.51
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$69.18
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$26.92

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.