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Definitive Test For A Substance Without Its Own Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80377

A laboratory test that confirms and measures a specific drug or substance in a sample when that substance has no standard named test of its own. The laboratory identifies exactly what is present and how much, rather than simply flagging that something from a broad group may be there.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Test For A Substance Without Its Own Test cost?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $8.51 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 5 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$12.88$10.00 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.51$0.02 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $0 to $31Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $26
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $9professional $13

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
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$25.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2691.5 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $10.72 · 36th of 51
AK $81.28PA $0.03

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.