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Quantitative Measurement Of A Specific Sugar

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84378

This is a laboratory test that measures the exact amount of a specific simple sugar present in a urine or other body fluid sample, rather than giving only a positive-or-negative result. It is often used when a sugar metabolism or absorption problem is suspected, giving clinicians a precise value to assess severity and track over time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Quantitative Measurement Of A Specific Sugar cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 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$12.59$8.71 to $14.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$13.80 to $30.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $42Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $16professional $13

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
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$16.22

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.4 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· 11th of 51

$13.80

HI $20.89DC $8.71

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.