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Laboratory Test For A Specific Substance

Texas 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$32.36$30.90 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$18.20 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $100Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $31 to $41
$20$50$100facility $26professional $32

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 44th of 50

$28.18

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.