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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 July 2026.

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

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 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 $19.50 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 6 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$12.02 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$12.02 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $74Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $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
$12.02
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$39.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$15.85
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$13.80

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.