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General Quantitative Blood Marker Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83520

This laboratory test measures the amount of a specific substance in a blood or fluid sample using an antibody-based technique. It is a flexible test method labs use to measure hormones, proteins, or other markers not covered by a more specific standard test, as part of diagnosis or monitoring.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does General Quantitative Blood Marker Test cost?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$7.94 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$23.99 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $18 to $51Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $14

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
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.20

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in Vermont 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· 13th of 51

$22.39

VT $229KY $11.22

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.