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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 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 5 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$22.91$22.91 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$40.74 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $23 to $129Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $20 to $38
$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $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
$22.91
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 36th 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.