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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Iowa 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 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$10.72$8.51 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$13.18 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $11 to $102Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $72
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $11

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
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.45
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$25.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$16.60

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.