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Zinc Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84630

A blood test that measures the level of zinc, an essential trace mineral involved in immune function, wound healing, and taste and smell. It is used to check for a deficiency or excess, particularly in people with poor nutrition, digestive disorders, or related symptoms.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Zinc Blood Test cost?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$12.02$8.71 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$13.80 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $58Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $12

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
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.39
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$15.85

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania than in Nevada. 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· 25th of 51

$13.80

PA $32.36NV $10.00

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.