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Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84600

A laboratory test that measures volatile chemicals — substances such as solvents that evaporate readily — in a blood or other body sample. It is used when exposure to or poisoning by such a substance is suspected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test for Volatile Chemicals cost?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 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$20.42 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$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
$22.91
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$22.39

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota 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

$20.89

SD $33.11DC $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.