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Galactose Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82760

Measures galactose, a simple sugar that comes from the milk sugar lactose, in the blood. A raised level suggests the body cannot convert it properly, which matters most in newborns because the build-up can harm the liver, eyes, and brain if milk feeding continues. It is used to follow up an abnormal newborn screening result or to monitor someone on a restricted diet.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Galactose Blood Test cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $15.49 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$12.30$9.77 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.49$13.49 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $41Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $12

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
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$15.49

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 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· 13th of 51

$13.80

SD $21.88DC $8.32

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.