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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

New Mexico 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$14.13$12.30 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$24.55 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $18 to $155Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $40professional $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
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.18
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.30

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 44th of 51

$14.45

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.