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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Arkansas 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 4 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 $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$28.84 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $51Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$10$20$50facility $36professional $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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$39.81

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Arkansas· 12th of 51

$30.20

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.