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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$13.80$12.59 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$24.55 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $16 to $71Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $107
$10$20$50$100facility $31professional $14

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
$16.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.90
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$40.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Pennsylvania 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$23.99

PA $41.69DC $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.