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Specialized Metabolic Blood Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 84210

A specialized laboratory blood test that measures the level of a specific chemical compound involved in the body's metabolism. It is ordered to help evaluate a particular metabolic question raised by a patient's symptoms or other test results, often as part of a broader work-up. A standard blood sample is used for the test.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Metabolic Blood Test cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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 6 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$43.65$21.88 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$10.47 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $170Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $14 to $58
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $10professional $44

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
$63.10
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$46.77
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$95.50

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$21.88

SD $39.81CT $10.23

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.