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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Tennessee 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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$19.95$19.05 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$25.70 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $20 to $110Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $72professional $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
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$29.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$38.90
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$35.48

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 50th of 51

$20.42

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.