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Implantable Glucose Sensor Placement

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0446T

This service places a small sensor under the skin to continuously monitor blood glucose levels over time, rather than a general skin treatment. It is performed by a physician or other qualified clinician in an outpatient setting. The sensor transmits glucose readings to a connected device so patients and providers can track blood sugar trends.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Implantable Glucose Sensor Placement cost?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,514 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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$1,514$234 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$891 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $51 to $5,495
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,514

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
$645.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 46.8 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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· 36th of 51

$1,514

AK $5,370MD $115

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.