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Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 83915

This blood test measures the activity of an enzyme made mainly in the liver, used to help figure out whether a raised level of a different, more commonly ordered liver enzyme is actually coming from the liver or from bone. It's typically ordered as a follow-up test rather than as a routine first check. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liver Enzyme Blood Test (5'-Nucleotidase) cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $14.45 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$9.77$6.61 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.45$13.80 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $41Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $14professional $10

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
$11.75
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$16.60
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.14

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas 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· 11th of 51

$13.80

KS $27.54KY $7.94

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.