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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 July 2026.

How much does Growth Hormone Antibody Test cost?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 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 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$17.78$15.14 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$19.05 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $16 to $58Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $31
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $22professional $18

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
$16.60
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$18.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $19.05 · 14th of 51
SD $30.20MD $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.