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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Missouri 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$15.85$9.77 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$20.89 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $100Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $34
$10$20$50$100facility $29professional $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
$14.13
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.88
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
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.72

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$19.50

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.