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Laboratory Test For A Specific Substance

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82646

A laboratory measurement of one particular substance in a sample taken from the body. A test like this is ordered when the amount of that specific substance is needed to help reach a diagnosis or to guide treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$36.31

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.20 to $89.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $14 to $100Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $17 to $72
$20$50$100facility $35professional $36

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$72.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Tennessee than in Oklahoma. 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 50

$36.31

TN $100OK $18.20

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.