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Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 0448T

This service combines removal of a previously placed implantable glucose sensor with insertion of a new one, performed in the same session. It is done by a physician or other qualified clinician in an outpatient setting. This differs from a simple removal or a simple insertion performed on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucose Sensor Removal And Reinsertion 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 $1,288 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$1,288$81.28 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 $1,288 · 10th to 90th $79 to $5,495
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,288

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
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,888.44
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
$79.43
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,495.41
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
$89.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in California 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· 25th of 51

$1,514

CA $5,012MD $186

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.