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Gastrin Blood Test

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 82941

This blood test measures gastrin, a hormone that stimulates the stomach to produce acid. It's used to help evaluate stomach ulcers that keep coming back, unexplained excess stomach acid, or a suspected rare hormone-producing tumor. A significantly elevated level often prompts further testing to find the source.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gastrin Blood Test cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 7 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$14.13$14.13 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$16.98 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $14 to $141Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$34.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania 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.

North Carolina· 35th of 51

$17.78

PA $41.69DC $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.