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Trace Mineral Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84255

This blood test measures the level of a specific trace mineral the body needs in small amounts for normal function. It is used to check for a deficiency or an excess of this mineral.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Trace Mineral Blood Test cost?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$26.92$19.50 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$30.90 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $26 to $100Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $27

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
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$35.48

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Nebraska than in Vermont. 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· 15th of 51

$30.90

NE $67.61VT $19.05

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.