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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

Missouri 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 Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$11.48$6.92 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$15.14 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $11 to $100Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $11

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
$10.00
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$53.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$15.49
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
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.69

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 16th 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.