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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Alaska rates for HCPCS 84285

A laboratory chemistry test that measures how much of one particular substance is present in a sample sent to the lab. It is ordered when the amount of that substance is expected to answer a specific question about a person's health, and the result is read together with the rest of the picture.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$75.86$43.65 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$21.38 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $21 to $129Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $25 to $100
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $21professional $76

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
$109.65
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$81.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$181.97

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $28.84 · 14th of 51
SD $47.86MD $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.