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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Delaware 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 4 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$9.12$8.71 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$12.59 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $13 to $955Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33
$5$20$100$500facility $76professional $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
$12.59
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$15.85
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$11.75

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 47th of 51

$9.12

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.