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Specialized Metabolic Blood Test

Michigan 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$13.18$10.96 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$13.80 to $17.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $25Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $17
$5$10$20facility $14professional $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
$13.18
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$25.12
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$13.80

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.