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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 October 2026.

How much does Blood Test for a Vitamin Level (General) cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$7.59 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$17.78 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $48Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $13

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
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$23.99

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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· 17th of 51

$17.78

AK $38.02KY $8.32

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.