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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Massachusetts 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 9 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$10.96$8.13 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$15.14 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $9 to $47Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $22professional $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
$24.55
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$38.02
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$28.84
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$18.62
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$25.70
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$25.12

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$12.02

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.