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Growth Hormone Antibody Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 86277

Looks for antibodies against growth hormone in a blood sample. The body can form these antibodies in response to growth hormone treatment, and in some people they interfere with how well the treatment works. The result helps explain a poor response to therapy.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Growth Hormone Antibody Test cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$9.33 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$20.89 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $17 to $63Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $30professional $16

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
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.07
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$23.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Kansas than in Oklahoma. 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· 14th of 51

$19.05

KS $43.65OK $11.75

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.