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PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84163

A blood test that measures pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, a substance made by the placenta and found in a pregnant woman's blood. It is used in early pregnancy screening, where a low level can suggest a raised chance of certain chromosome conditions or of placenta problems later in the pregnancy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does PAPP-A Pregnancy Blood Test cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$16.60$13.18 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$18.20 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $55Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $29
$10$20$50facility $21professional $17

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
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$29.51
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 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· 12th of 51

$18.20

HI $27.54DC $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.