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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Nebraska 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$15.14$15.14 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$28.18 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $79Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $15

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
$16.60
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$26.92
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$27.54

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 50th of 51

$16.60

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.