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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

West 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$23.44$21.88 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$43.65 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $24 to $95Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $28
$20$50$100facility $47professional $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
$26.30
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$141.25
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$194.98
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$32.36

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 24th of 51

$27.54

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.