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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 82800

A laboratory test that measures the acidity or alkalinity, known as pH, of a blood sample. The result helps doctors assess how well the lungs and kidneys are maintaining the body's normal acid-base balance, or investigate a suspected acid-base imbalance. The sample is analyzed on specialized laboratory equipment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $5.50 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 6 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$33.11$16.60 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.50$5.50 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $55Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $44
$10$20$50$100facility $5professional $33

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
$24.55
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$43.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$77.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Nebraska than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 18th of 51

$12.88

NE $26.30FL $7.76

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.