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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 July 2026.

How much does Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 8 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$12.59$12.30 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$16.22 to $93.33

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $15 to $148Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $8 to $31
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $35professional $13

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
$19.05
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$30.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.88
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$16.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $16.22 · 30th 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.