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Trace Mineral Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 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 7 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$20.42$20.42 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$22.39 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $20 to $141Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $48
$20$50$100facility $45professional $20

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
$20.42
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$35.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$23.99

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.