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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

New York 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.50$11.75 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$25.12 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $19 to $91Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $11 to $58
$10$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $19

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
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$64.57
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$154.88
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$56.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$48.98
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$38.02
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$89.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27

Where New York 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 York· 32nd of 51

$22.39

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.