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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

Oregon 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$27.54$23.99 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$26.30 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $25 to $89Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $55
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $28

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
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$109.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$47.86
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$95.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$112.20
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$30.20

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 14th of 51

$30.20

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.