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Specialized Blood Chemistry Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82642

A specialized blood test that measures the level of a specific chemical substance as part of a broader laboratory work-up. Doctors order this kind of targeted test to help investigate a particular metabolic, hormonal, or organ-function question raised by symptoms or other test results. A standard blood draw is all that's needed to collect the sample.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Specialized Blood Chemistry Test cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$30.90$22.39 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$35.48 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $30 to $107Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $15 to $38
$20$50$100facility $41professional $31

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
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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· 6th of 51

$35.48

NE $43.65VT $21.88

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.