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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

Kansas 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$11.75$6.92 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$38.90 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $19 to $62Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $24
$5$10$20$50facility $41professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.30
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$23.99
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
$5.01
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$6.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.45

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$36.31

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.