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Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals

South Carolina 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?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 5 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$13.49$13.49 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$23.99 to $74.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $13 to $98Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $46professional $13

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
$13.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$22.39

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$14.79

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.