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Blood Test For A Specific Body Substance

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82380

This laboratory test measures the level of a particular substance in a blood sample. The result provides information relevant to a specific medical condition and is generally reviewed alongside a patient's symptoms and other test results. What the result means in practice depends on the substance involved.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For A Specific Body Substance cost?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 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$8.13$5.25 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$9.12 to $20.42

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $33Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $13
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $8

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
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.40
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$13.80

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Kansas than in Maryland. 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

$9.77

KS $25.12MD $6.92

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.