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Mucoprotein (Seromucoid), Blood

Louisiana rates for HCPCS P2038

Mucoprotein, blood (seromucoid) (medical necessity procedure)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Mucoprotein (Seromucoid), Blood cost?

$5.25

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.25 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.17 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.17$2.95 to $5.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$6.03 to $12.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $7
$2$5$10$20facility $9professional $4

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
$6.76
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$5.13
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
$1.05
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$7.08

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. 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· 19th of 51

$5.25

AK $11.22NM $3.09

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.