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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Oklahoma 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.47 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$10.47$6.61 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$12.30 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $8 to $81Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $10

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
$8.32
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$15.85
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.24

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 3rd of 51

$19.05

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.