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Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83026

A quick, hands-on check of the hemoglobin level in blood, the protein in red cells that carries oxygen, done by dropping blood into a prepared solution and watching how it behaves rather than running it through an analyzer. It gives a fast pass-or-fail style answer about whether the level is above a set point. It is most often used to screen blood donors or to screen for anemia where a full laboratory count is not immediately available.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hemoglobin Screening By Copper Sulfate cost?

$3.63

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.63 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $3.63 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.40 to $4.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.63$3.02 to $7.76

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $4professional $4

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
$4.27
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.85
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.05
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$10.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$4.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$3.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.57

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 27th of 51

$3.63

AK $9.12KY $2.75

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.