§ 40:29 — State health laboratories; fee schedule

Louisiana § 40:29

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§29. State health laboratories; fee schedule
A. Except as provided in duly promulgated rules and regulations, each laboratory
operated by the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health on a statewide,
regional, or parish basis whether in connection with a parish health unit or independently
operated by the office as a state laboratory shall not perform any test, procedure, function,
or any operation unless the office charges and receives payment of a fee for such test,
procedure, function, or operation as is required by the fee schedule provided in this Section.
B. The fee schedule provided in this Section shall not apply and no such fee shall be
charged:
(1) To the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health or a patient
at a parish health unit or to any physician, hospital, clinic, nurse, or any other individual who
is treating a patient of the office of public health or a parish health unit in an official capacity
unless payment of such fee is required by rules and regulations duly promulgated pursuant
to Subsection D of this Section.
(2) For the diagnosis of tuberculosis or venereal disease.
(3) In any instance when the state health officer declares an epidemic, for any test,
procedure, function, or operation related to such epidemic.
(4) If exemption from payment is otherwise provided by the state sanitary code.
(5) To any state hospital or institution when the secretary of the Louisiana
Department of Health requires the office of public health or a parish health unit laboratory
to act for such institution in case of emergency.
C. The schedule of fees required by this Section shall be as follows and the
appropriate fee or fees as provided by this fee schedule shall be charged for any test,
procedure, function, or operation performed by a state, regional, or parish health unit
laboratory operated by the office of public health, on specimens, cultures, or procedures
which are submitted by any physician, hospital, clinic, nurse, veterinarian, or any other
individual, except as otherwise provided in this Section:
Test Description Fee
(1) Ab identification, RBC each panel, $ 57.00
each serum technique
(2) Ab screen, RBC each serum $ 21.00
technique
(3) Adenovirus Ab $ 18.00
(4) Alpha fetal protein (amniotic fluid) $ 22.00
(5) Alpha fetal protein (serum) $ 22.00
(6) Antibiotic disc test $ 4.00
(7) Blood-hemogram, automated and $ 8.00
manual differential WBC (CBC)
(8) Blood-RBC antigen other than ABO $ 5.00
and Rh(D), each antigen
(9) Blood-Rh (D) antigen $ 19.00
(10) Blood-typing, ABO $ 4.00
(11) Bordatella parapertusis Ab $ 19.00
(12) Bordetella pertusis antigen $ 19.00
(13) Bordetella pertusis culture $ 11.00
(14) Borelia Ab IgG (relapsing fever) $ 19.00
(15) Borelia Ab IgM (relapsing fever) $ 19.00
(16) Borelia Ab total (relapsing fever) $ 19.00
(17) Brucella abortus Ab $ 14.00
(18) Chlamydia Ab (LGV) $ 18.00
(19) Chlamydia testing by DNA gene $ 18.00
probe, each probe used
(20) Clinical chemistries/21 tests + $ 15.00
amylase
(21) Corynebacterium diptheriae culture $ 11.00
(throat or nose)
(22) Coxiella brunetti (Q fever) Phase
1-IgG and IgM $ 18.00
(23) Coxiella brunetti (Q fever) Phase $ 18.00
2-IgG and IgM
(24) Cryptococcus Ab $ 21.00
(25) Culture typing, precipitin method
(grouping) per antiserum $ 7.00
(26) Culture typing, serologic method, $ 7.00
agg grouping, per antiserum
(27) Culture typing, serologic method, $ 5.00
speciation
(28) Culture, Bact, screen, stool $ 13.00
(29) Culture Bact, anaerobe, ID, any source $ 11.00
without GLC
(30) Culture Bact, ID, aerobe, any source $ 11.00
(31) Culture, Bact, screen (aerobic and $ 15.00
anaerobic plates)
(32) Culture, Bact, screen, other source $ 12.00
(33) Culture, Bact, screen, throat or nose $ 11.00
(34) Culture, Bacti, anaerobe, isolation, any $ 13.00
source
(35) Culture, Bacti, ID anaerobe with GLC $ 20.00
(36) Culture, Bacti, ID any source, in $ 8.00
addition to primary culture
(37) Culture, Bacti, ID presumptive, any $ 12.00
source, multiple organism
(38) Culture, Bacti, ID presumptive, any $ 10.00
source, single organism
(39) Culture, Bacti, ID screen, any source $ 9.00
single organism
(40) Culture, Bacti, ID, screen, multiple $ 12.00
organisms
(41) Culture, Bacti, ID, urine $ 9.00
(42) Cytomegalovirus (CMY) Ab IgG $ 20.00
(43) Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Ab IgM $ 20.00
(44) Dengue fever Ab $ 18.00
(45) Encephalitis testing in birds (per viral $ 19.00
study)
(46) Encephalitis, Eastern equine IgG $ 19.00
(47) Encephalitis, Eastern equine IgM $ 19.00
(48) Encephalitis, La Crose (California) $ 19.00
IgG
(49) Encephalitis, La Crose (California) $ 19.00
IgM
(50) Encephalitis, Saint Louis IgG $ 19.00
(51) Encephalitis, Saint Louis IgM $ 19.00
(52) Encephalitis, Western Equine IgG $ 19.00
(53) Encephalitis, Western Equine IgM $ 19.00
(54) Enterovirus Ab (eg coxsckie, echo, $ 19.00
polio)
(55) Erlichia Ab $ 18.00
(56) Estradiol assay $ 52.00
(57) Flourescent Ab screen, each Ab $ 18.00
(Bordatella)
(58) Flourescent Ab titer, each Ab $ 17.00
(59) Flourescent antibody (direct) (rabies $ 18.00
DFA)
(60) Fluorescent antibody (indirect) $ 34.00
(61) Flourescent antibody - double stain $ 8.00
(62) Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) $ 35.00
(63) Francisella tularensis Ab $ 15.00
(64) Glucose quantitative $ 7.00
(65) Hepatitis, anti-A $ 18.00
(66) Hepatitis, anti-C $ 18.00
(67) Hepatitis, anti-HBc total $ 17.00
(68) Hepatitis, anti-HBe $ 18.00
(69) Hepatitis, anti-HBs $ 15.00
(70) Hepatitis, HBe Ag $ 16.00
(71) Hepatitis, HBs Ag $ 15.00
(72) Herpes I group IgG $ 19.00
(73) Herpes II group IgG $ 19.00
(74) Herpes II group IgM $ 19.00
(75) Herpes simplex Type 1 and 2 Ab differential $ 20.00
(76) HIV-Dry Blood Spot analysis $ 6.00
(77) HIV-1 EIA $ 13.00
(78) HIV-1 WB $ 28.00
(79) Human arbovirus IgG $ 18.00
(80) Human arbovirus IgM $ 18.00
(81) Human chorionic gonadotropic (hCG) $ 21.00
pregnancy test-quantitative
(82) Human chorionic gonadotropic (hCG) $ 11.00
pregnancy test-qualitative
(83) Human rickettsia IgG $ 10.00
(84) Human rickettsia IgM $ 10.00
(85) Influenza A Ab $ 20.00
(86) Influenza B Ab IgG $ 20.00
(87) Legionella Ab $ 21.00
(88) Leptospirosa Ab $ 19.00
(89) Leutinizing hormone assay $ 36.00
(90) Lipoproteins HDL cholesterol $ 14.00
(91) Lipoproteins triglycerides $ 11.00
(92) Lymes-(borellia burgdorferi) IgG $ 22.00
(93) Lymes-(borellia burgdorferi) IgM $ 22.00
(94) Meningoencephalytic Ab (adult) $ 18.00
(95) Meningoencephalytic Ab (childhood) $ 18.00
(96) Mumps virus Ab $ 19.00
(97) Mycoplasma pneumonia Ab $ 19.00
(98) Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing by DNA $ 18.00
gene probe
(99) Newborn screening panel $ 31.00
(100) Parainfluenza I Ab $ 18.00
(101) Parainfluenza II Ab $ 18.00
(102) Parainfluenza III Ab $ 18.00
(103) Parasite large volume filtration $ 47.00
(104) Polio virus Ab-Type I $ 19.00
(105) Polio virus Ab-Type II $ 19.00
(106) Polio virus Ab-Type III $ 19.00
(107) Prolactin assay $ 36.00
(108) R. rickettsia Ab to antigen (Rocky $ 18.00
Mountain spotted fever)IgG or IgM
(109) R. typhi Ab (typhus fever) IgG or $ 18.00
IgM
(110) Rabies analysis $ 73.00
(111) Reovirus Ab $ 18.00
(112) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) Ab $ 18.00
(113) Rheumatoid factor - qualitative (latex) $ 8.00
(114) Rheumatoid factor - quantitative $ 8.00
(115) Rotavirus Ab $ 19.00
(116) Rubella (German measles) Ab, IgG $ 20.00
(117) Rubella (German measles) Ab, IgM $ 20.00
(118) Rubeola (red measles) Ab, IgG $ 18.00
(119) Rubeola (red measles) Ab, IgM $ 18.00
(120) Sensitivity study; antibiotics, disk $ 10.00
method, per plate (12)
(121) Smear with interpretation $ 6.00
(122) Syphilis test VDRL qualitative (serum $ 6.00
and CSF)
(123) Syphilis test VDRL quantitative, $ 6.00
MHA-TP (serum and CSF)
(124) T cells including cell ratio $ 54.00
(125) TB panel (bilirubin, AST, uric acid, $ 11.00
creatinine)
(126) TB screen-AST $ 7.00
(127) TB, AFB, antibiotic sensitivities, each $ 8.00
drug (includes culture)
(128) TB-AFB smear $ 8.00
(129) TB-concentration and isolation of $ 16.00
mycobacteria, each
(130) TB-DNA probe identification of AFB $ 18.00
cultures
(131) TB-HPLC ident of mycobacterium $ 26.00
(132) Tissue culture studies $ 163.00
(133) TORCH Ab (CMV, Herpes, Rubella, $ 82.00
Toxo) IgG
(134) TORCH Ab (CMV, Herpes, Rubella, $ 82.00
Toxo) IgM
(135) Toxoplasma Ab, IgG $ 18.00
(136) Toxoplasma Ab, IgM $ 21.00
(137) Treponema pallidium Ab- $ 19.00
confirmatory test FTA-ABS
(138) Typhus in rats-antigen to antibody $ 10.00
(139) Varicella zoster Ab, IgG $ 18.00
(140) Vibrio cholerae ID $ 93.00
(141) Vibrio vulnificus ID $ 47.00
(142) Viral load studies for HIV $ 121.00
(143) Virus ID-tissue cult. additional studies, $ 34.00
each isolate
(144) Virus ID-tissue cult. inoculation and $ 37.00
observation
(145) Virus ID-tissue cult. inoculation of $ 28.00
egg/small animal, observation
(146) Yersinia pestis (plague) study in rats, $ 154.00
includes slide prep. animal inoculation,
plague demonstration
(147) Any public health biochemistry $ 1.75
procedure not expressly stated will
be charged based on the cost per
unit of time (work time unit or WTU)
as calculated by the fiscal department
of the office of public health
(148) Any public health microbiology $ 1.75
procedure not expressly stated will
be charged based on the cost per
unit of time (work time unit or WTU)
as calculated by the fiscal department
of the office of public health
(149) Any public health serology $ 1.75
procedure not expressly stated will
be charged based on the cost per
unit of time (work time unit or WTU)
as calculated by the fiscal department
of the office of public health
(150) Any public health virology $ 1.75
procedure not expressly stated will
be charged based on the cost per
unit of time (work time unit or WTU)
as calculated by the fiscal department
of the office of public health
(151) Any research procedure not expressly $ 1.75
stated will be charged based on the
cost per unit of time (work time
unit or WTU) as calculated by the
fiscal department of the office of
public health
(152) A-1 (FC MPN) $ 20.00
(153) Adipates/Phathalates $ 160.00
(154) Alfatoxins (HPLC) $ 119.00
(155) Alfatoxins (screen) $ 40.00
(156) Alkalinity (total) $ 9.00
(157) Aluminum $ 16.00
(158) Antibiotic disc assay $ 16.00
(159) Antibiotic sensitivity study/ $ 6.00
antibiotic
(160) Antimony $ 33.00
(161) Arsenic $ 16.00
(162) Barium $ 16.00
(163) Beryllium $ 16.00
(164) BOD-5 day (manual) $ 160.00
(165) BOD-automated robotic testing $ 26.00
(166) Bottled and vended waters-colilert $ 4.00
(167) Bottled water-herbicides $ 237.00
(168) Bottled water-trihalomethanes (THM) $ 33.00
(169) Bottled water-VOC (P/T) $ 172.00
(170) Butter analysis $ 121.00
(171) Butterfat, babcock $ 27.00
(172) Butterfat, roese-gotlieb (confirmation) $ 92.00
(173) Butterfats and nonfat solids $ 32.00
(174) C. jejeuni and C. campylobacter- $ 33.00
environmental
(175) Cadmium $ 16.00
(176) Cadmium in foods $ 3.00
(177) Caffeine $ 79.00
(178) Calcium hardness $ 8.00
(179) Carbamates $ 200.00
(180) Caustics $ 11.00
(181) Cereal analysis-qualitative $ 1.00
(182) Cereal analysis-quantitative $ 32.00
(183) Charm I; App N antibiotic testing $ 13.00
(184) Charm II; App N antibiotic testing- $ 13.00
cloaxacillin
(185) Charm II; App N antibiotic testing- $ 13.00
other
(186) Charm II; App N antibiotic testing- $ 40.00
quantitative
(187) Charm II; App N antibiotic testing- $ 13.00
sequential
(188) Chemical oxygen demand (COD) $ 80.00
(189) Chloride %-hypochlorites and $ 7.00
chloramines (screen)
(190) Chloride %; hypochlorites and $ 21.00
chloramines (confirmation)
(191) Chlorides $ 7.00
(192) Chromium $ 17.00
(193) Coffee (chicory) $ 4.00
(194) Coliform determinations-confirmed $ 31.00
(includes MPN for coliform and fecal
coliform)
(195) Coliform determinations-E. coli $ 13.00
(verified) each isolate
(196) Coliform determinations-fecal $ 8.00
(197) Coliform determinations-fecal by
MPN (includes presumptive, $ 45.00
completed, and confirmed tests)
(198) Coliform determinations-fecal $ 31.00
coliforms (includes coliform and
E. coli MPN)
(199) Colilert $ 8.00
(200) Color $ 5.00
(201) Color and preservatives in food $ 80.00
(202) Compliance analysis of nutritional $ 13.00
content and labeling
(203) Conductivity $ 7.00
(204) Copper flame AA $ 9.00
(205) Copper ICAP $ 4.00
(206) Corrosion control (copper, lead, pH, $ 53.00
alkalinity, THRD)
(207) Cosmetics (organoleptics, net weight, $ 13.00
filth, and foreign materials)
(208) Cryoscope (added water) $ 8.00
(209) Cyanide $ 160.00
(210) Dairy waters-MTF $ 19.00
(211) Diquat $ 200.00
(212) Dissolved oxygen (DO) $ 8.00
(213) Drained weight analysis $ 7.00
(214) Dry skim milk-qualitative $ 3.00
(215) Dry skim milk-quantitative $ 119.00
(216) Dual column (confirmation) $ 33.00
(217) E. coli 015:H7 $ 27.00
(218) E. coli MPN $ 31.00
(219) E. coli speciation $ 20.00
(220) Endothall $ 253.00
(221) Ethylene dibromide (EDB) $ 133.00
(222) Etiological agent ID for consumer $ 100.00
food, beverage
(223) Fecal coliform MPN (includes $ 31.00
presumptive, completed, and
confirmed tests)
(224) Filth and foreign (filter) $ 5.00
(225) Filth and foreign (macro) $ 5.00
(226) Filth and foreign (micro) $ 7.00
(227) Filth and foreign (trap/sv) $ 389.00
(228) Fluoride analysis $ 20.00
(229) Fluorides $ 11.00
(230) Foreign fat (R1) $ 4.00
(231) Formaldehyde testing (AIR) $ 409.00
(232) Fossomatic CC $ 12.00
(233) Fossomatic OSCC $ 13.00
(234) Free CO2 $ 12.00
(235) Gamma screen $ 26.00
(236) GC/MS confirmation $ 479.00
(237) General chemistry (organoleptic, $ 16.00
net weight, filth, and foreign
materials)
(238) Glycol/recirculating water $ 13.00
(10-tube MPN)
(239) Glycol/Recirculating water (HPC) $ 8.00
(240) Glyphosphate $ 160.00
(241) Gross alpha and beta (radon 222, $ 67.00
radium 226, radium 228, radon,
uranium)
(242) Heavy metal (ICAP) $ 100.00
(243) Heavy metals (includes Hg) $ 180.00
(244) Herbicides $ 240.00
(245) Heterotrophic plate count (HPC) $ 8.00
(246) Inorganic chemicals $ 299.00
(247) Iodine 131 $ 396.00
(248) Iron $ 17.00
(249) Iron and alumina oxide $ 33.00
(250) Lead-other analysis by furnace $ 55.00
atomic absorption
(251) Lead analysis (wipes) $ 20.00
(252) Lead analysis in water/chemistry $ 20.00
(253) Lead analysis in waters-schools, $ 20.00
day care, water coolers, faucets
(254) Lead analysis of paint $ 40.00
(255) Lead and copper analysis for private $ 23.00
residence water
(256) Lead-blood lead screen by graphite $ 13.00
furnace atomic absorption
(257) Listeria analysis-milk $ 27.00
(258) Listeria analysis-food $ 100.00
(259) Listeria culture-environmental $ 20.00
(260) Loss on ignition $ 5.00
(261) Manganese $ 16.00
(262) Mercury in foods $ 79.00
(263) Mercury in water $ 20.00
(264) Metal (1 metal) ICAP $ 16.00
(265) Metals (13 metals) ICAP $ 53.00
(266) Metals (4 metals) ICAP $ 24.00
(267) Metals (ICAP) plus mercury $ 180.00
(268) Metals in food-ICAP $ 40.00
(269) Microbiology culture for $ 175.00
environmental organisms
(listeria,canpylobacter, yersenia,
salmonella, staphylococcus, and
E. coli)
(270) Milk containers-paper and plastic $ 17.00
(271) Net weight and contents $ 7.00
(272) Nickel $ 16.00
(273) Nitrate $ 13.00
(274) Nitrates and nitrites $ 13.00
(275) Nitrites $ 13.00
(276) Nonfat solids $ 5.00
(277) Nuisance organisms $ 20.00
(278) Oil and grease $ 158.00
(279) Organoleptic exam $ 3.00
(280) Organoleptic exam in foods $ 13.00
(281) Oyster meat analysis for vibrio
and salmonella $ 40.00
(282) Oyster waters-analysis for $ 33.00
salmonella, shigella, vibrio, staph
(283) Oyster waters; metals $ 100.00
(284) Oyster waters; organics $ 40.00
(285) Oyster waters; pesticides $ 233.00
(286) Pesticide (Endrin, lindane, $ 100.00
methoxychem, toxophene)
(287) Pesticide battery 12 assays $ 201.00
(288) Pesticide residues-food $ 273.00
(289) Pesticide residues-grains $ 273.00
(290) Pesticide residues-vegetables $ 233.00
(291) Pesticide/PCBs in soil $ 246.00
(292) Pesticides/herbicides and PCB $ 100.00
(293) Pesticides/metals-ICP $ 313.00
(294) Pesticides/PCBs $ 233.00
(295) Pesticides/PCBs (Food) $ 233.00
(296) Pesticides/PCBs (HECD) $ 273.00
(297) Pesticides/PCBs (NPD) $ 273.00
(298) Pesticides/PCBs (serum) $ 64.00
(299) Pesticides/PCBS GC/MS $ 475.00
(300) Pesticides/PCBs in seafood $ 233.00
(301) Pesticides/PCBs in water (multi-scan) $ 233.00
(302) Pesticides/water (multi-scan) $ 231.00
(303) pH $ 5.00
(304) Phenols $ 319.00
(305) Phosphatase by fluorophos $ 7.00
(306) Phosphatase by sharer $ 11.00
(307) Phosphatase by sharer-reactivation $ 46.00
(308) Phosphatase by sharer-interfering $ 11.00
substances
(309) Phosphatase by sharer-microbial $ 34.00
(310) Phosphates $ 40.00
(311) Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) $ 79.00
(312) Potassium $ 16.00
(313) Priority chemicals $ 166.00
(314) Radionuclides; gamma $ 53.00
(315) Radium 226 and 228 $ 725.00
(316) Radon 222 $ 79.00
(317) Red tide (sample prep for mouse $ 67.00
assay)
(318) Red tide (tissue culture assay) $ 133.00
(319) Reducing sugars $ 133.00
(320) Residual chlorine (chloramines) $ 20.00
(321) Residue/insoluble materials $ 237.00
(pipe scales)
(322) Salinity $ 7.00
(323) Salmonella analysis-food $ 27.00
(324) Salmonella and vibrio analysis $ 126.00
(325) Salmonella culture $ 20.00
(326) Salmonella culture-chocolate $ 47.00
(327) Secondary chemicals $ 146.00
(328) Sediment analysis $ 240.00
(329) Selenium $ 33.00
(330) Shellfish-microbial screen $ 166.00
(staph aureus, salmonella, shigella,
vibrio, listeria)
(331) Silicates $ 40.00
(332) Silver $ 16.00
(333) Silvex 2,4-D and 2,4 TP $ 237.00
(334) Sodium $ 16.00
(335) Sodium and potassium $ 11.00
(336) Staphylococcus analysis- $ 20.00
Environmental
(337) Staphylococcus aureus ID- $ 13.00
Environmental
(338) Strontium 89 and 90 $ 396.00
(339) Sulfates $ 8.00
(340) Sulfides $ 47.00
(341) Sulfite analysis-qualitative $ 3.00
(342) Sulfite analysis-quantitative $ 48.00
(343) Surfactants (MBAS) $ 158.00
(344) Synthetic organic chemicals $1,131.00
(13 classes)
(345) Syrup-polarization $ 106.00
(346) Thallium $ 33.00
(347) Total chlorine residual $ 11.00
(348) Total dissolved solids $ 11.00
(349) Total hardness $ 8.00
(350) Total solids $ 11.00
(351) Total solids (lactometer) $ 7.00
(352) Total solids-drying $ 17.00
(353) Total suspended solids $ 27.00
(354) Trihalomethanes (THM)- $ 33.00
(liquid/liquid)
(355) Trihalomethanes (THM)- $ 79.00
(purge and trap)
(356) Tritium (H3) $ 79.00
(357) Turbidity $ 4.00
(358) Unregulated volatile organics $ 173.00
(359) Uranium $ 198.00
(360) Urines for methylparathion $ 8.00
(361) Vibrio cholerae $ 150.00
identification and typing
(362) Vibrio vulnificus identification $ 118.00
(363) Vitamin A $ 158.00
(364) Vitamins A and D $ 185.00
(365) Vitamin D $ 158.00
(366) Volatile organic chemicals $ 33.00
(VOCs) (liquid/liquid)
(367) Volatile organic chemicals $ 172.00
(VOCs) (purge and trap)
(368) Yersinia culture-environmental $ 30.00
(369) Zinc $ 16.00
(370) Zinc in foods $ 3.00
(371) Any environmental chemistry and $ 1.75
toxicology procedure not expressly
stated will be charged based on the
cost per unit of time (work time unit
or WTU) as calculated by the fiscal
department of the office of public health
(372) Any environmental microbiology $ 1.75
procedure not expressly stated
will be charged based on the cost
per unit of time (work time unit
or WTU) as calculated by the fiscal
department of the office of public
health
(373) Any research procedure not $ 1.75
expressly stated will be charged
based on the cost per unit of time
(work time unit or WTU) as
calculated by the fiscal department
of the office of public health
D. The Louisiana Department of Health may adopt rules and regulations in
accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to provide for the collection of fees
required by the fee schedule provided in this Section. The rules may also provide for
modification of the fee schedule, provided a fee shall not exceed the prevailing market price
for the item.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 840, §1, eff. July 1, 1997.