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Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83060

A laboratory test that measures an altered form of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that normally carries oxygen. The altered form cannot carry oxygen, so a high level means the blood delivers less oxygen than the usual count would suggest.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test For An Abnormal Oxygen-Carrying Protein cost?

$12.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.76 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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$7.76$4.90 to $9.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$14.45 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $10 to $42Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $4 to $11
$5$10$20$50facility $26professional $8

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
$9.33
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.30
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$11.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 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· 6th of 51

$12.88

AK $19.95KY $5.75

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.