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Stool Urobilinogen, Measured Amount

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84577

A stool test that measures how much urobilinogen is present, a substance formed when the body breaks down old red blood cells and the liver passes the result into the bowel. A reduced amount can mean bile is not reaching the intestine, while a raised amount can mean red cells are breaking down faster than usual.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stool Urobilinogen, Measured Amount cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$18.62$15.85 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$19.50 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $62Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $19

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
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$24.55
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$17.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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· 10th of 51

$20.42

SD $28.18CT $9.33

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.