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Troponin Blood Test, Quantitative

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84484

This blood test measures troponin, a protein released into the bloodstream when heart muscle is damaged. It is a key test used in emergency settings to help diagnose or rule out a heart attack, with results reported as a specific numeric value rather than just positive or negative.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Troponin Blood Test, Quantitative cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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 6 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$13.18$9.55 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$15.85 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $204Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $32professional $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
$13.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$19.95

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in South Carolina 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· 45th of 51

$16.98

SC $126VT $12.88

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.