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Heparin-Protamine Tolerance Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 85530

A laboratory test that works out how much protamine, the drug used to reverse heparin, is needed to neutralize the heparin present in a blood sample. It gives a direct measure of how much heparin effect the blood is carrying.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heparin-Protamine Tolerance Test cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 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 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$14.79$12.30 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.85 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $48Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $8 to $26
$10$20$50facility $18professional $15

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
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.95

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Hawaii 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· 16th of 51

$15.85

HI $25.70MD $9.77

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.