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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 84255

This blood test measures the level of a specific trace mineral the body needs in small amounts for normal function. It is used to check for a deficiency or an excess of this mineral.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Trace Mineral Blood Test cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.89 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.89$19.50 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$28.84 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $23 to $56Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $54
$10$20$50$100facility $40professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$53.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$42.66

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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.

Arkansas· 22nd of 51

$29.51

NE $67.61VT $19.05

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.