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Dye Injection Into The Spleen For Vein X-Rays

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 38200

Injection of contrast dye directly into the spleen so that X-ray pictures can show the veins draining the spleen and carrying blood on toward the liver. It is used to look for blockage or raised pressure in those veins.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dye Injection Into The Spleen For Vein X-Rays cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$141 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$759 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $389 to $3,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $129 to $251
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $178

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 24th of 51

$191

AK $447NY $120

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.