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
Orleans, LA
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $7 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($10), higher than 38% 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.
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| 1 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $4.66 | $4.66 | $4.66 – $4.66 |
| 2 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 5 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.30 | $5.30 | $4.64 – $5.96 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.34 | $5.34 | $5.34 – $5.34 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.34 | $5.34 | $5.34 – $5.34 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $7.44 | $8.06 | $5.18 – $11.64 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $18.12 | $18.12 | $17.35 – $18.89 |
| 10 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $24.00 | $23.50 | $22.50 – $24.00 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $25.60 | $25.07 | $24.00 – $25.60 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $25.52 | $25.52 | $25.52 – $25.52 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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