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Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals

Massachusetts 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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 8 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$16.98$15.49 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$22.91 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $15 to $69Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $14 to $50
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $39professional $17

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
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$72.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$44.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$48.98
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$40.74

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$17.78

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.