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Specialized Metabolic Blood Test

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$12.88$11.22 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$28.84 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $14 to $98Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $74professional $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
$13.80
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$21.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$58.88
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.14

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 32nd 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.