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Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82540

A laboratory test that measures a single named substance in a patient's sample. The result is used to help make a diagnosis. Only that one substance is reported.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laboratory Test Measuring One Substance cost?

$5.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.13 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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$5.13$3.89 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$5.62 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $8
$2$5$10$20$50facility $6professional $5

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
$4.90
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$9.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$6.46

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Nebraska 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· 13th of 51

$5.62

NE $8.91DC $3.47

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.