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Specialized Metabolic Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$10.96$9.77 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$10.72 to $85.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $8 to $93Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $7 to $43
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $11

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
$10.72
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$42.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$35.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$13.49
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$21.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$10.96

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.