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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 $107 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$8.13 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$37.15 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $8 to $138Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $33
$5$10$20$50$100facility $107professional $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
$13.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$33.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$27.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$8.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$10.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$16.60

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 38th 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.