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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Florida 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.61 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$6.61$3.24 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$10.47 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $89Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10
$5$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $7

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
$8.13
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.00
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.50
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$11.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.96

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$7.76

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.