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Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83876

This laboratory blood test measures the level of a specific marker related to inflammation or immune system activity, used by doctors to help evaluate certain inflammatory or immune-related conditions. Results are interpreted alongside symptoms and other testing rather than on their own. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test Measuring An Inflammation Marker cost?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$56.23$38.90 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$53.70 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $46 to $182Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $24 to $69
$10$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $56

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
$53.70
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$45.71

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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

$61.66

AK $75.86CT $32.36

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.