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Specialized Metabolic Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$14.13$8.71 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$14.45 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $14 to $56Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$24.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$28.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$17.38

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 21st of 51

$16.60

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.