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Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83070

Checks a sample for hemosiderin, a form of stored iron that appears when red blood cells have been breaking apart inside the bloodstream. The result is reported simply as present or absent rather than as a measured amount.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Test For Hemosiderin In A Sample cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $6.61 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$5.25$4.17 to $6.03
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.61$5.75 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $17Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $3 to $9
$2$5$10$20facility $7professional $5

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
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$17.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$9.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$5.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.61

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Oklahoma 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· 16th of 51

$5.75

OK $11.75DC $3.55

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.