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Blood Oxygen Saturation, Measured Directly

Virginia 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?

$7.76

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.76 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.76 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.76$4.90 to $8.32
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$9.77 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $51Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $15professional $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
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$13.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$9.77
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
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.74

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$7.76

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.