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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Kansas 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 5 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$21.88$19.95 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$31.62 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $25 to $91Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $45
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $56professional $22

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
$26.92
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$51.29
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$44.67

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas $25.12 · 27th 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.