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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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$24.55$15.49 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$33.11 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $23 to $170Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $52
$10$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $25

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
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$117.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$5.89

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 13th of 51

$30.90

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.