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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 4 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$26.30$19.05 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$32.36 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $30 to $162Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $44
$20$50$100facility $76professional $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
$41.69
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$50.12

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 28th of 51

$26.30

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.