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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Washington, DC 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?

$8.32

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.32 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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 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$8.32$8.32 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$8.32 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $8 to $59Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$30.90
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$87.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$14.45

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$8.32

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.