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Vitamin D Level Measurement

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0038U

Measures a person's vitamin D status. It quantifies the two circulating forms, 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, in blood serum and reports their levels. No genetic material is examined.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vitamin D Level Measurement cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 6 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$34.67$30.90 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$33.88 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $17 to $49
$20$50$100facility $41professional $35

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
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$60.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$45.71

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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· 9th of 51

$36.31

AK $66.07NE $19.50

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.