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Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly

Arizona 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?

$7.94

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.94 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.37 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.37$5.01 to $7.41
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$9.12 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $6 to $45Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $19professional $5

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
$7.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$8.32
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$15.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$12.02
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
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.32

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$7.94

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.