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Rapid Panel For Gram Positive Bloodstream Infection

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0141U

Identifies what is growing in a positive blood culture so that the right antibiotic can be started quickly in a suspected bloodstream infection. Genetic material from 22 targets is looked for — gram-positive bacteria, Candida yeasts, and one general marker for gram-negative organisms — and four antibiotic-resistance genes are reported in addition to those targets, giving 26 separate results.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Rapid Panel For Gram Positive Bloodstream Infection cost?

$200

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $166 to $316.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $158 to $575Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $78 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $214professional $186

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
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$218.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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· 5th of 51

$200

AK $355DE $83.18

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.