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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Georgia 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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 6 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$7.24 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$9.77 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $37Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $4 to $19
$5$10$20$50$100facility $14professional $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
$7.24
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$17.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$18.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.80

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 39th of 51

$10.00

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.