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Qualitative Pregnancy Hormone Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 84703

This blood test checks whether a hormone called hCG, which the body produces during pregnancy, is present in the blood. It gives a yes-or-no result rather than an exact amount, and is often used to confirm or rule out pregnancy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Qualitative Pregnancy Hormone Test cost?

$10.96

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$7.59$4.37 to $9.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$12.02 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$5$10$20facility $18professional $8

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
$7.94
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$11.22
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$8.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$10.47

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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· 15th of 51

$10.96

VT $120MD $5.62

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.