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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 October 2026.

How much does Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56.23$33.11 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$69.18 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $25 to $295Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $23 to $100
$20$50$100$200facility $98professional $56

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
$85.11
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$181.97

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$56.23

KS $57.54AL $16.22

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.