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Blood Chemical Level Test

Montana 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 6 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$37.15$26.92 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$38.02 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $37 to $170Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $26 to $195
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $45professional $37

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
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$91.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$39.81

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.