Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Chalmette, LA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 86140 →Price type
Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $5 is 48% below the median hospital's median price ($10), higher than 5% of the 2,611 hospitals reporting CPT 86140. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 12 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $4.18 | $2.18 – $5.18 |
| 2 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $4.66 | $4.66 | $4.66 – $4.66 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 5 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 6 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 7 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.66 | $5.66 | $5.66 – $5.66 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $7.55 | $7.55 | $5.18 – $9.91 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $15.62 | $14.70 | $5.18 – $18.09 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $20.32 | $20.32 | $17.08 – $23.56 |
| 12 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $22.43 | $22.43 | $18.85 – $26.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
See C-reactive protein blood test pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.