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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Illinois 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$10.47$8.71 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.13 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $115Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $10

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
$10.72
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$60.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.96

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 8th of 51

$15.85

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.