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Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals

Alabama rates for HCPCS 84600

A laboratory test that measures volatile chemicals — substances such as solvents that evaporate readily — in a blood or other body sample. It is used when exposure to or poisoning by such a substance is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 4 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$15.14$13.18 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$16.98 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $34Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $15

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
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 23rd of 51

$18.20

SD $33.11DC $12.88

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.