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Blood Chemical Level Test

Nebraska 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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$23.99$19.50 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$43.65 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $21 to $355Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $18 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $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
$43.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$58.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$44.67

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.