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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Indiana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$17.78$12.02 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$25.12 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $78Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $26professional $18

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
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$120.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$35.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$69.18
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
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
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$23.99

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 47th of 51

$20.42

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.