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Creatine Kinase Isoform Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82554

A blood test that separates creatine kinase, an enzyme released when muscle tissue is damaged, into its individual isoforms and measures them. Looking at the separate forms gives more detail than a single overall figure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Creatine Kinase Isoform Test cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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$13.18$10.47 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$14.45 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $12 to $44Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50facility $16professional $13

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
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$16.60

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota 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· 10th of 51

$14.45

SD $22.39DC $8.91

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.