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Blood Test For A Toxic Heavy Metal

Vermont 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?

$28.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 5 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$28.18$25.70 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$117 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $16 to $324Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $13 to $28
$10$20$50$100$200facility $138professional $28

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$43.65

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Pennsylvania than in Washington, DC. 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.

Vermont· 4th of 51

$28.18

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.