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Blood Chemical Level Test

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 4 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$16.60$15.14 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$33.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $24 to $95Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $15 to $44
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $17

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
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 46th 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.