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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Georgia 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 October 2026.

How much does Trace Mineral Blood Test cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$16.98$12.59 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$25.70 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $89Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $50
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$38.90
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$53.70
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
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.90

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$22.39

AK $57.54AL $17.78

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.