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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Massachusetts 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 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 9 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$25.70$22.91 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$37.15 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $25 to $174Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $63
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $62professional $26

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
$24.55
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$51.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$169.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$77.62
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$144.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$169.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$64.57

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $28.84 · 23rd of 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.