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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

Indiana 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?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $11.75 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$4.90 to $11.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11.75$10.47 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $39Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$5$20$100$500$2Kfacility $12professional $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
$9.55
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$72.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$16.22
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.13
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
$4.37
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$1.91
Typical High
$14.45

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 43rd of 51

$9.33

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.