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Ischemia-Modified Albumin Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82045

A blood test that measures ischemia-modified albumin, a form of the blood protein albumin that changes shape when tissue is short of oxygen. It has been used as one input when chest pain is being assessed and a heart problem is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ischemia-Modified Albumin Blood Test cost?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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$38.02$28.84 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$40.74 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $34 to $123Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $20 to $65
$20$50$100facility $47professional $38

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
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$67.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$47.86

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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· 12th of 51

$41.69

HI $61.66DC $25.70

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.