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Chemistry Test For A Specific Substance

South Carolina 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?

$33.11

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $83.18 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$33.11$25.12 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$83.18$61.66 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $83 · 10th to 90th $35 to $158Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $16 to $59
$10$20$50$100$200facility $83professional $33

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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.85
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
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$4.07

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 9th of 51

$33.11

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.