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Sodium Level, Urine

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84300

This test measures the amount of sodium excreted in a urine sample. It helps clinicians evaluate the cause of an abnormal blood sodium level, assess hydration and salt balance, or check dietary salt intake. It is often ordered together with a blood sodium measurement for a more complete picture.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sodium Level, Urine cost?

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.47 from a physician practice, and about $6.46 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$4.47$2.75 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.46$5.01 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $18Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $4

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
$5.37
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$1.32
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$6.46
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
90 · Outside lab
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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· 26th of 51

$5.37

VT $35.48MD $3.80

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.