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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

New Jersey 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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 7 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$13.80$12.30 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$21.38 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $13 to $178Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $49professional $14

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
$12.59
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$18.20
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$23.44

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Pennsylvania than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

New Jersey $19.50 · 16th of 51
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.