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Blood Test for a Vitamin Level (General)

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 84591

This blood test measures the level of a specific vitamin that does not have its own dedicated, more specific laboratory test available. It is used to evaluate a suspected vitamin deficiency or excess when a standard named test for that particular vitamin isn't an option.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test for a Vitamin Level (General) cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 7 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$13.80$12.30 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$13.80 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $87Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $22
$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $14

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
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.39
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$18.20
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$186.21

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 51

$13.80

ND $28.84CT $10.96

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.