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Free Fatty Acids Blood Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82725

A blood test that measures the level of free (nonesterified) fatty acids circulating in the bloodstream — a form of fat the body releases and uses for energy, especially during fasting or periods of stress on metabolism. It can help evaluate certain metabolic or fat-processing disorders. A blood sample is typically drawn after a period of fasting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Free Fatty Acids Blood Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$7.94 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $18Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $21
$10$20$50facility $18professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$11.22
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$17.78

AK $42.66KY $11.75

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.