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Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 6 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$9.77$9.33 to $11.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$9.77 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $71Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $14
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.05
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$18.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$21.88

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Oklahoma than in Washington, DC. 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.

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$9.77

OK $17.38DC $7.41

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.