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Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation

Massachusetts 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$15.14 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$18.62 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $63Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $49
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $25professional $18

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
$16.98
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$56.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$69.18
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$69.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$56.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$37.15
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
3 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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$4.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 15th of 51

$21.38

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.