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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Colorado 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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 7 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$8.32$7.76 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$14.79 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $8 to $100Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $11
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $32professional $8

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
$8.32
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$56.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$13.18
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.23

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$10.96

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.