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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 October 2026.

How much does Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$16.22$15.14 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$47.86 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $44 to $145Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $13 to $72
$10$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $16

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$104.71
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$34.67
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 21st of 51

$26.92

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.