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Free Estradiol Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82681

Measures the portion of estradiol, a main form of the hormone estrogen, that circulates unattached to carrier proteins in the blood. Only this unbound fraction is available to act on tissues, so it can give a clearer picture than a total measurement when carrier protein levels are unusual. It is a standard blood draw from a vein.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Free Estradiol Blood Test cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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$25.12$12.59 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$28.84 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $29 to $85Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $36
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $25

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
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$28.18
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
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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

$29.51

AK $63.10NE $16.60

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.