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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Tennessee 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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$12.88$9.77 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$16.22 to $36.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $12 to $58Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $13

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
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$20.42

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$14.13

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.