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Cigna negotiated rates in Louisiana

How Cigna's Louisiana rates compare with the other three national payers, across the procedures that matter most to high-revenue specialties.

Cigna in Louisiana at a glance

Across 227 procedure codes for 8 specialties
Rate index vs state market
95
5% below the Louisiana median
Rank in state
3 of 4
UHC 106 · Aetna 96 · Cigna 95 · BCBS 92
vs own national
83
Cigna's level vs its national median
Codes where highest
13%
of 227 codes
837 sampled providers479 TINs227 codesMedian 132% of Medicare · method

What the data shows

Generated from Louisiana and Cigna data only
1

Cigna ranks 3rd of 4 payers in Louisiana with a rate index of 95 (100 = the Louisiana market median), across 227 procedure codes.

2

Cigna has the highest median for only 13% of codes in Louisiana; UnitedHealthcare leads with an index of 106 in the files analyzed.

3

Cigna's Louisiana rates sit 17% below its own national level, the 46th highest of its 51 states.

4

Largest premium over the Louisiana market: CPT 93298 (Rem interrog dev eval scrms) at 269% of market; largest discount: CPT 88305 (Tissue exam by pathologist) at 45%.

How the four payers compare in Louisiana

Rate index: 100 = the state four-payer median for the same codes
PayerIndexRankLevelHighest onProviders
UnitedHealthcare1061
106
54%808
Aetna962
96
25%832
Cigna953
95
13%837
Blue Cross Blue Shield924
92
15%203

Where Cigna pays most and least against the Louisiana market

Codes with the largest gap to the state median

Highest above market

CodeCignaMarketGapProv.
93298
Rem interrog dev eval scrms
$109$41+169%100
93297
Rem interrog dev eval icpms
$66$41+59%100
93229
Remote 30 day ecg tech supp
$984$826+19%94
93280
Pm device progr eval dual
$102$88+16%100
27447
Total knee arthroplasty
$2,077$1,807+15%96
92235
Fluorescein angrph mltiframe
$143$125+14%98
77066
Dx mammo incl cad bi
$230$203+13%111
77065
Dx mammo incl cad uni
$183$162+13%111

Furthest below market

CodeCignaMarketGapProv.
88305
Tissue exam by pathologist
$33$74-55%229
88312
Special stains group 1
$51$101-49%229
88342
Imhchem/imcytchm 1st antb
$52$99-48%121
97110
Therapeutic exercises
$15$28-47%95
76512
Oph us dx b-scan
$31$57-46%98
76856
Us exam pelvic complete
$67$122-45%94
76775
Us exam abdo back wall lim
$39$69-44%94
76857
Us exam pelvic limited
$32$57-43%94

Where Cigna pays above and below its national level

Index vs the payer's own national median (100 = national)

Highest states

StateIndexProv.
Oregon152
735
Nebraska151
551
South Dakota141
286
Iowa141
604
Georgia136
829

Lowest states

StateIndexProv.
Alabama72
837
Florida75
775
Oklahoma80
748
Delaware82
392
Arizona82
698

Frequently asked questions

Does Cigna pay more or less than the other payers in Louisiana?

Cigna ranks 3rd of 4 in Louisiana with an index of 95. It is highest on 13% of codes.

Are Cigna's Louisiana rates above or below its national level?

About 17% below.

Which procedure does Cigna pay most above market in Louisiana?

CPT 93298 (Rem interrog dev eval scrms), at 269% of the Louisiana median.

Methodology

How these numbers are calculated
  • Source: in-network negotiated-rate files published under the federal Transparency in Coverage rule, August 2026 snapshot: UnitedHealthcare Choice plans (74 files); Aetna commercial plans (70 files); Cigna national PPO (1 files); BCBS licensees' own-network files (5,387 files). Payer comparisons describe these files, not each payer's entire book of business.
  • Sample: rates come from a random sample of up to 150 providers per state and specialty. Counts on this page are sampled providers and TINs, not totals.
  • Which providers count: only providers in a specialty relevant to the code, because a rate in a payer file attaches to a provider group and is listed under every provider in that group.
  • Filters: fee-for-service, professional billing class, no modifier, negotiated or fee-schedule dollar rates. Rates outside 1% to 1,000% of the Medicare rate are excluded.
  • Statistic: one median rate per provider, then percentiles across providers. A cell is shown only with at least 15 sampled providers and 4 TINs.
  • Medicare benchmark: CY2026 national physician fee schedule, non-QPP conversion factor, unadjusted for locality. Where the non-facility rate is more than twice the facility rate (office rates that include device or supply cost), the facility rate is used so comparisons are like for like.

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