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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 October 2026.

How much does Calcium-Regulating Hormone Test cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$15.85 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$28.84 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $29 to $98Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $25

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.92
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$35.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas than in Alabama. 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· 22nd of 51

$28.84

KS $64.57AL $18.62

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.