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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Rhode Island 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 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 4 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$16.98$12.30 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$21.88 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $19 to $107Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $28
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $49professional $17

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
$26.92
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$32.36

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $17.78 · 25th 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.