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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

New Hampshire 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?

$40.74

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $40.74 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$26.30$16.22 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$47.86 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $44 to $204Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $93
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $83professional $26

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
$35.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$72.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$69.18

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire $40.74 · 4th 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.