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Blood Chemical Level Test

South 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 5 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$23.44$22.91 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$46.77 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $23 to $269Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $44
$20$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $23

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
$100.00
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$41.69

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$30.90

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.