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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Maryland 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$12.30$10.72 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$10.72 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $11 to $48Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $19
$10$20$50facility $12professional $12

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
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
$6.03
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 51st of 51

$12.30

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.