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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

Georgia 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.76$5.75 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$11.75 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $23
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $8

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
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$39.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$22.91
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$24.55
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
$3.89
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.55
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.24

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$10.23

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.