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Lancets

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4259

Lancets, per box of 100

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lancets cost?

$1.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.20 from a physician practice, and about $2.51 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.20$0.98 to $6.61
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.51$1.86 to $3.09

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $8
$1$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $1

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
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.10
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$8.51
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SC · Medically necessary
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Kentucky than in Delaware. 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· 37th of 51

$1.20

KY $7.59DE $1.02

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.