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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Rhode Island 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 4 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$21.88 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$35.48 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $32 to $468Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $16 to $34
$20$50$100$200$500facility $93professional $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
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$46.77

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 47th of 51

$23.99

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.