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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Montana 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$29.51$22.39 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$33.88 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $32 to $219Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $170
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $50professional $30

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
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$37.15
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$33.88

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.