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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Minnesota 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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.

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$16.22$14.13 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$16.22 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $15 to $105Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $44professional $16

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
$15.14
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$120.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$102.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$38.02
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.89

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 18th of 51

$18.62

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.