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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Montana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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$18.62$14.13 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$21.88 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $20 to $123Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $29professional $19

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
$36.31
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$93.33
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.91

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$20.42

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.