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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 83825

This blood test measures the level of a specific toxic heavy metal in the body. It is used to check for exposure or poisoning when a person's symptoms or history raise concern for that kind of exposure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$8.32 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$19.05 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $16 to $43Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$20$50facility $23professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.84
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$2.95

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Connecticut· 30th of 51

$15.85

AK $44.67MD $12.30

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.