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Blood Chemical Level Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83088

This laboratory test measures the level of a specific substance in the blood, ordered as part of a diagnostic work-up for a suspected medical condition. The particular result is interpreted by a doctor alongside a person's symptoms and other findings to help reach a diagnosis or guide treatment. It is typically one piece of a broader evaluation rather than a stand-alone answer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Chemical Level Test cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $32.36 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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$32.36$22.39 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$35.48 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $31 to $107Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $17 to $43
$20$50$100facility $41professional $32

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
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$41.69

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Hawaii 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· 18th of 51

$35.48

HI $53.70DC $22.39

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.