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Free Cortisol Measurement

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82530

Measures the free portion of cortisol, the part of this adrenal hormone that circulates unattached to carrier proteins and is therefore the part the body can actually use. It is most often measured in urine collected over a full day, which smooths out the natural rise and fall of the hormone across the day and night. Doctors use it mainly when the adrenal glands are suspected of turning out too much cortisol.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Free Cortisol Measurement cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$9.77 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$16.60 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $60Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $16

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
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.12
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GY · Excluded by law
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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

$17.78

AK $53.70NJ $12.59

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.