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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 July 2026.

How much does Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 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 $67.61 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 6 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$25.12$23.44 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$25.12 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $25 to $186Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $36
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $68professional $25

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
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$53.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $25.12 · 28th 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.