Blood serum pretreatment to remove interfering substances at Ochsner Clinic Foundation

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC BB REF ABSORPTION - DIFFERENTIAL RED CELL

Orleans, LA

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Ochsner Clinic Foundation’s median price of $55 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($75), higher than 14% of the 2,192 hospitals reporting CPT 86978. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 86978 at Ochsner Clinic Foundation

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	Aetna Better Health all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$10.92	$10.92	$10.92 – $10.92
2	Amerihealth Caritas all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$10.92	$10.92	$10.92 – $10.92
3	Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$13.23	$22.55	$13.23 – $54.54
4	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$33.43	$25.82	$10.60 – $33.43
5	Tricare all payor other · outpatient	$37.96	$37.96	$21.38 – $54.54
6	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$54.54	$39.89	$10.60 – $54.54
7	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$45.32	$45.32	$45.32 – $45.32
8	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$54.54	$54.54	$54.54 – $54.54
9	First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$85.88	$85.88	$71.25 – $100.50
10	MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient	$91.60	$91.60	$76.00 – $107.20
11	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$120.75	$120.75	$115.62 – $125.87
12	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$122.45	$122.45	$122.45 – $122.45

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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