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GlycA Inflammation Marker Measurement

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0024U

Measures GlycA, a marker in blood that reflects the overall level of inflammation in the body. The measurement is made using magnetic resonance and reported as a numeric level for this single marker.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does GlycA Inflammation Marker Measurement cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$38.02$32.36 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$38.02 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $34 to $126Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $20 to $52
$20$50$100facility $47professional $38

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
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$36.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Alaska than in Vermont. 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$41.69

AK $60.26VT $10.47

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.