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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Minnesota 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 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$25.12$19.95 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$23.44 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $23 to $102Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$10$20$50$100$200facility $25professional $25

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$58.88
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$6.03

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 26th of 51

$25.12

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.