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Blood Chemical Level Test

South Dakota 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$27.54$26.30 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$56.23 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $54 to $138Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $72
$20$50$100facility $79professional $28

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
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$27.54
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$41.69
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$50.12

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.