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Glucagon Tolerance Panel for Insulinoma

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80422

A timed test in which glucagon, a hormone that raises blood sugar, is injected and blood sugar and insulin are measured in samples taken before and afterwards. It is used when a tumor of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas is suspected, because such a tumor gives an exaggerated insulin response.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glucagon Tolerance Panel for Insulinoma cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $63.10 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$51.29$40.74 to $58.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$63.10$56.23 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $46 to $170Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $28 to $87
$20$50$100$200facility $63professional $51

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
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$89.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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· 13th of 51

$56.23

AK $85.11DC $34.67

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.