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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84228

A laboratory measurement of the level of one specific chemical substance in a blood sample. The number is compared with the expected range to help decide whether treatment or further testing is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.33$5.89 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$15.14 to $15.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $15Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$9.55
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Kansas than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 15th of 51

$13.80

KS $36.31TX $7.24

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.