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Gastrin Blood Test

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 5 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$13.80$13.80 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$24.55 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $14 to $138Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $21
$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $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
$13.80
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 34th 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.