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Ostomy Pouch, Drainable, Locking Flange

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4426

Ostomy pouch, drainable; for use on barrier with locking flange (two-piece system), each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ostomy Pouch, Drainable, Locking Flange cost?

$2.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $2.69 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$2.45$2.19 to $2.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.69$2.69 to $5.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20facility $3professional $2

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
$2.19
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$3.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.48
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.29

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Kansas than in Colorado. 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· 29th of 51

$2.51

KS $4.47CO $1.91

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.