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Measurement Of A Chemical In Blood

South Carolina 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.22$11.75 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$30.20 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $16

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$16.22
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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.86

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 6th of 51

$18.20

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.