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Trace Mineral Blood Test

New Mexico 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 5 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$22.39$19.05 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$31.62 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $19 to $234Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $35
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $46professional $22

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
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$39.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 45th of 51

$22.39

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.