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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Nebraska 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$9.77$9.77 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$23.99 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $11 to $100Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $10

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
$11.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$64.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$29.51
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$9.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$32.36

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 36th of 51

$14.79

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.