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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 October 2026.

How much does Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance cost?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$11.22 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$23.44 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $120Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $14

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
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$120.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.42

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 29th of 51

$23.44

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.