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Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82271

This is a laboratory test that uses a chemical reaction to detect hidden traces of blood in a body fluid sample other than stool, such as gastric contents. It gives a yes-or-no type result rather than an exact amount of blood present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemical Test For Hidden Blood In A Body Fluid cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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$5.89$4.57 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$6.17 to $13.49

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $6

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
$5.62
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.46
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 8th of 51

$6.46

ND $7.94CT $3.24

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.