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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Nevada 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.91 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$8.91$8.32 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$9.33 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $69Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $7 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $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
$8.51
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$26.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$15.85
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$17.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$30.90

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 44th of 51

$9.12

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.