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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 October 2026.

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

$5.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.02 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.02$2.51 to $5.25
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.17 to $10.96

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $13Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $6
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $3

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
$5.25
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$12.59
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$3.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.89

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Montana than in West Virginia. 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

$5.37

MT $15.85WV $3.02

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.