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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

North Carolina 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$8.71$8.32 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$9.77 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $9 to $93Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $36professional $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
$8.91
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$14.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$11.75
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$9.77

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.