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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Utah 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$10.23$8.51 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$21.88 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $11 to $155Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $13
$5$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $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
$10.72
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$16.22
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$44.67
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.76
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th of 51

$10.72

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.