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Laboratory Measurement Of A Single Substance

Texas rates for HCPCS 83008

A laboratory test that looks for one specific substance in a sample and reports that result on its own rather than as part of a panel. It is ordered when a clinician wants that single value rather than a broad screen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Measurement Of A Single Substance cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 4 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$26.30$25.12 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.79 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $158Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $25 to $33
$20$50$100facility $21professional $26

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.88
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Massachusetts than in Virginia. 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.

Texas· 42nd of 50

$25.12

MA $158VA $14.79

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.