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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*HC CRP, BLOOD
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’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: 10 payers, 11 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 | Tricare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.16 | $5.16 | $5.16 – $5.16 |
| 2 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.18 | $5.18 | $5.18 – $5.18 |
| 8 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.44 | $5.44 | $5.44 – $5.44 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $5.61 | $5.61 | $5.61 – $5.61 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10.95 | $9.66 | $2.59 – $11.90 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $17.50 | $23.15 | $8.75 – $43.21 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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