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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Minnesota 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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$10.96$10.23 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$10.96 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $11 to $81Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$5$10$20$50$100facility $33professional $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
$10.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$81.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$24.55

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$10.96

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.