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Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82308

This blood test measures the level of a hormone made by the thyroid gland that helps regulate calcium in the body. It is often used as a tumor marker to help diagnose and monitor a specific type of thyroid cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test cost?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$29.51$20.42 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$32.36 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $28 to $112Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $40
$20$50$100$200facility $39professional $30

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
$28.18
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$51.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$37.15

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 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· 21st of 51

$32.36

AK $60.26DC $19.95

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.