go back

Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

New Hampshire 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 5 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$8.13$7.08 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$16.98 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $85Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $38
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $8

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
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$32.36
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 5th of 51

$16.98

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.