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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Arizona 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?

$8.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$8.91$7.41 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$11.75 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $7 to $50Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $72
$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $9

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
$15.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 48th of 51

$8.91

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.