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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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$19.50$15.49 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$34.67 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $28 to $141Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $3 to $35
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $54professional $19

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
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$138.04
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$27.54
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$5.13

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 49th of 51

$19.50

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.