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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

South Carolina 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?

$9.55

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.51 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$8.51$8.51 to $9.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$14.45 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $9 to $126Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $12
$5$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $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
$7.76
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$13.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$13.18

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$9.55

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.