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Blood Chemical Level Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 83088

This laboratory test measures the level of a specific substance in the blood, ordered as part of a diagnostic work-up for a suspected medical condition. The particular result is interpreted by a doctor alongside a person's symptoms and other findings to help reach a diagnosis or guide treatment. It is typically one piece of a broader evaluation rather than a stand-alone answer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Chemical Level Test cost?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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$26.30$24.55 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$19.95 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $17 to $45Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $34
$20$50facility $27professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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.

Alabama· 44th of 51

$26.30

HI $53.70DC $22.39

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.