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Blood Acidity (pH) Laboratory Test

West 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?

$9.12

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.71 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 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$8.71$8.32 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$9.12 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $69Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $9
$5$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $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
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$54.95
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$11.75

Where West 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.

West Virginia· 45th of 51

$9.12

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.