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Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency

Louisiana rates for HCPCS G0471

Collection of venous blood by venipuncture or urine sample by catheterization from an individual in a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or by a laboratory on behalf of a home health agency (HHA)

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood or Urine Collection, SNF or Home Health Agency cost?

$6.03

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.89 from a physician practice, and about $7.08 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 4 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$5.89$5.25 to $6.46
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.08$5.50 to $10.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $3 to $11
$2.0$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0facility $7professional $6

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
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$11.75
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.89

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in South Dakota than in California. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $6.03 · 34th of 51
SD $11.75CA $3.24

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.