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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Massachusetts 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 9 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$16.22$14.79 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$27.54 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $16 to $135Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $40
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $16

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
$47.86
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$42.66
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$48.98
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$158.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$18.62

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.