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Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 87341

A follow-up laboratory step used when a hepatitis B surface antigen result comes back positive. The sample is run again after adding a substance that blocks the true target, and if the signal disappears the original positive is confirmed as genuine rather than a false alarm.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Confirmation cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $13.49 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$10.23$6.03 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.49$10.96 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $38Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $14
$5$10$20$50facility $13professional $10

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
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.69
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$14.45

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Kansas 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· 22nd of 51

$11.22

KS $32.36MD $7.76

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.