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Ostomy Pouch, Drainable, High Output, Extended Wear Barrier

Louisiana rates for HCPCS A4435

Ostomy pouch, drainable, high output, with extended wear barrier (one-piece system), with or without filter, each

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ostomy Pouch, Drainable, High Output, Extended Wear Barrier cost?

$5.75

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.25 from a physician practice, and about $5.75 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$5.25$4.90 to $5.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5.75$5.75 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $15Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $4 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $6professional $5

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
$4.57
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$5.37

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.1 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· 24th of 51

$5.75

KS $8.51CO $4.07

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.