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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Oklahoma 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$23.99$17.38 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$19.05 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $65Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $11 to $24
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $25professional $24

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
$18.62
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.42

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma $23.99 · 31st 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.