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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 October 2026.

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

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$10.96 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$28.84 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $30
$10$20$50facility $29professional $17

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
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.61
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$33.11
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 9th of 51

$24.55

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.