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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Virginia 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?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$8.51 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$16.22 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $74Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $25professional $11

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
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98
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
$6.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.09

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$12.88

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.