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Blood Test for a Vitamin Level (General)

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84591

This blood test measures the level of a specific vitamin that does not have its own dedicated, more specific laboratory test available. It is used to evaluate a suspected vitamin deficiency or excess when a standard named test for that particular vitamin isn't an option.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test for a Vitamin Level (General) 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 $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $23.44 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$19.05$12.88 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.44$19.50 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $62Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24
$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
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$23.99

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in North 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· 11th of 51

$20.42

ND $28.84CT $10.96

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.