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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Virginia 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 8 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$8.32$7.24 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.96 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $58Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $18
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $12professional $8

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
$8.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$7.41
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$22.91
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$7.08

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$9.33

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.