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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Kentucky 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$8.13 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$13.49 to $29.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $31Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $8 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $16professional $14

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$22.39
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
$6.31
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$8.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 42nd of 51

$13.80

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.