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Breath Alcohol Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82075

Measures the amount of alcohol in a sample of exhaled breath. The person breathes into a device that estimates the blood alcohol level from the air coming out of the lungs, giving a result within moments and without a needle.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breath Alcohol Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 6 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$15.14$8.71 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$0.03 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $0 to $62Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $6 to $33
$0.1$1$10$100facility $27professional $15

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
$0.03
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Delaware than in Kentucky. 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· 49th of 51

$18.20

DE $89.13KY $12.02

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.