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Ostomy Pouch, Drainable, Locking Flange, with Filter

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4427

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

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$2.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.34 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 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$2.34$1.95 to $2.82
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$5.75 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $3 to $68Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $68professional $2

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
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$3.09
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.32
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.82
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.34
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.38
Typical High
$1.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.45
Median
$0.55
Typical High
$0.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.31

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Kansas 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· 21st of 51

$2.75

KS $4.47DE $2.00

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.