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Free Fatty Acids Blood Test

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Free Fatty Acids Blood Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$14.79$11.22 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$24.55 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $19 to $162Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $36professional $15

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
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$37.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Nebraska than in Connecticut. 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.

New Jersey· 34th of 51

$16.98

NE $28.84CT $12.88

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.