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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Nebraska 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.24 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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$7.24$7.24 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$28.84 to $102

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $10 to $107Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $7 to $72
$5$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $7

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
$26.30
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$22.91
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$21.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 1st of 51

$26.30

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.