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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

South Carolina 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$26.92$16.22 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$41.69 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $21 to $112Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $12 to $41
$10$20$50$100facility $55professional $27

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
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$20.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.57

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 3rd of 51

$30.20

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.