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Blood Chemical Level Test

Iowa 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 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 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$29.51$22.91 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$35.48 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $30 to $85Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $30

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
$22.91
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$77.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$74.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$42.66

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.