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High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 86141

A blood test that measures C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation in the body, using a more sensitive method than the standard CRP test. It is often used to help assess cardiovascular risk by detecting low-grade inflammation that a routine CRP test might miss.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Sensitivity CRP Blood Test cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$11.75$10.00 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$15.85 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $89Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$10$20$50$100facility $22professional $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
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in West Virginia 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· 20th of 51

$15.49

WV $83.18DC $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.