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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Nevada 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$19.95$19.05 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$21.38 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $135Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $30
$0.5$2.0$10.0$50.0facility $40professional $20

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
$19.50
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$37.15

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada $21.38 · 41st 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.