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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 8 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$21.88$21.88 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$29.51 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $138Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $35
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $35professional $22

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
$27.54
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$61.66
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.18

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 38th 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.