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Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 82938

A set of blood measurements of gastrin, the hormone that tells the stomach to produce acid, taken before and after a dose of secretin is given through a vein. In most people secretin lowers gastrin, so a sharp rise instead points to a hormone-producing tumor as the cause of severe or repeated ulcers.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$13.49$8.91 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$18.20 to $18.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $18 to $19Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $13

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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$14.45
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
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. 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· 25th of 51

$18.20

KS $47.86OK $13.18

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.