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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Indiana 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$17.38$11.75 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$22.91 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $79Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $46
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $25professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$32.36
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$21.38

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$19.95

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.