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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 October 2026.

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

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.72 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.72$8.13 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$13.80 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $78Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $11

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.98

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 40th of 51

$13.49

AK $38.02KY $8.32

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.