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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Mississippi 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 5 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$17.38$12.88 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$17.38 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $178Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $33
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $17

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
$33.11
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$33.11

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 9th of 51

$23.44

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.