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Trace Mineral Blood Test

West Virginia 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 October 2026.

How much does Trace Mineral Blood Test cost?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$15.14 to $48.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$22.91 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $21 to $117Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $69
$10$20$50$100facility $47professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$169.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$69.18
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

West Virginia· 34th of 51

$22.91

AK $57.54AL $17.78

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.