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Gastrin After Secretin Stimulation

Minnesota 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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$17.78$14.79 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$16.60 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $17 to $102Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $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
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$41.69
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$4.27

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$17.78

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.