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Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82810

A laboratory measurement of how much of the oxygen-carrying protein in the blood is actually carrying oxygen. It is performed on a blood sample and analyzed on an instrument, rather than estimated through the skin with a clip on the finger. It is used when an exact figure is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.08$4.90 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$17.78 to $17.78

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $18Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $7

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$8.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$7.08
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.24

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Kansas than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 5th of 51

$15.14

KS $27.54KY $6.76

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.