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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

New Mexico 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$12.02$8.32 to $13.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$16.60 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $10 to $93Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $6 to $72
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $35professional $12

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
$16.60
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.79
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$8.32

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 23rd of 51

$12.02

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.