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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Maryland 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.05$16.98 to $20.42
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$17.78 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $89Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $19

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
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
$9.33
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$19.05

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.