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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Minnesota 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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 6 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$23.99 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$25.70 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $26 to $186Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $69
$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $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
$23.99
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$48.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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.

Minnesota· 35th of 51

$25.70

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.