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Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82610

This blood test measures the level of a small protein that the kidneys filter out of the blood. It is used, sometimes as an alternative or a complement to other common kidney tests, to help estimate how well the kidneys are working.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Function Test Using A Blood Protein cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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 6 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$19.50$13.49 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$19.50 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $17 to $95Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$5$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $19

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
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$20.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$19.05

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in West Virginia than in Connecticut. 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· 18th of 51

$21.88

WV $46.77CT $13.49

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.