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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

Washington 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 9 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$10.00 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$12.02 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $59Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $17
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$10.96
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$72.44
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.20
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$21.88
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.20
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$11.75
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$19.95

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 25th of 51

$12.02

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.