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Blood Chemical Level Test

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$23.99$23.44 to $37.15
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$25.70 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $23 to $148Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $21 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $24

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
$23.44
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$173.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 43rd 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.