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Trace Mineral Blood Test

South 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$20.42$19.95 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$47.86 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $20 to $170Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $20 to $44
$20$50$100$200$500facility $69professional $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
$19.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$35.48

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 51

$35.48

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.