La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-13703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-13703 - Applicability

A. Except as otherwise provided under this Title, these laboratory fees shall not be charged:

1. to the Office of Public Health of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) or for laboratory services for a patient at a clinic or health unit operated by the Office of Public Health or to any physician, nurse, dentist, veterinarian, sanitarian or other licensed health care provider who is treating a patient or providing services in an official capacity in relation to the treatment of a patient of the Office of Public Health of the Louisiana Department of Health, including the network of parish health units operated by the Office of Public Health;

2. in any instance when the state health officer declares an epidemic, for any test, procedure, function, or operation related to such epidemic;

3. if exemption from payment is otherwise provided by the State Sanitary Code; or

4. to any state hospital or institution when the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health requires the Office of Public Health laboratory to act for such institution in case of emergency.

B. These fees shall be charged for all tests, procedures, functions, or any operations performed by each laboratory independently operated by the Office of Public Health of the Louisiana Department of Health as a state laboratory on human specimens, environmental samples, cultures, analytical and research procedures and related services which are submitted by any physician, hospital, clinic or health unit not operated by the Office of Public Health, nurse, veterinarian, sanitarian or any other licensed health care provider authorized to submit specimens for scientific analysis by the Division of Laboratories of the Office of Public, LDH. The charges or fees for these services will be assessed according to the following schedule.

Test Description	Fee
1. Ab identification, RBC each panel, each serum technique	$ 57
2. Ab screen, RBC each serum technique	$ 21
3. Adenovirus Ab	$ 18
4. Alpha Fetal protein (amniotic fluid)	$ 22
5. Alpha Fetal protein (Serum)	$ 22
6. Antibiotic Disc Test	$ 4
7. Blood-Hemogram, automated and manual differential WBC (CBC)	$ 8
8. Blood-RBC antigen other than ABO and Rh(D), each antigen	$ 5
9. Blood-Rh (D) antigen	$ 19
10. Blood-typing, ABO	$ 4
11. Bordetella parapertussis Ab	$ 19
12. Bordetella pertussis Antigen	$ 19
13. Bordetella pertussis Culture	$ 11
14. Borrelia Ab IgG (Relapsing fever)	$ 19
15. Borrelia Ab IgM (Relapsing fever)	$ 19
16. Borrelia Ab Total (Relapsing fever)	$ 19
17. Brucella abortus Ab	$ 14
18. Chlamydia AB(LGV)	$ 18
19. Chlamydia testing by DNA gene probe, each probe used	$ 18
20. Clinical chemistries/21 + amylase	$ 15
21. Corynebacterium diptheriae culture (throat or nose)	$ 11
22. Coxiella Burnetti (Q fever) Phase 1-IgG and IgM	$ 18
23. Coxiella Burnetti (Q fever) Phase 2-IgG and IgM	$ 18
24. Cryptococcus Ab	$ 21
25. Culture Typing, Precipitin Method (grouping) per antiserum	$ 7
26. Culture Typing, Serologic method, agg grouping, per antiserum	$ 7
27. Culture Typing, Serologic Method, speciation	$ 5
28. Culture, Bact, screen, stool	$ 13
29. Culture, Bact, anaerobe, ID, any source without GLC	$ 11
30. Culture, Bact, ID, aerobe, any source	$ 11
31. Culture, Bact, screen (aerobic and anaerobic plates)	$ 15
32. Culture, Bact, screen, other source	$ 12
33. Culture, Bact, screen, throat or nose	$ 11
34. Culture, Bact, anaerobe, isolation, any source	$ 13
35. Culture, Bacti, ID anaerobe with GLC	$ 20
36. Culture, Bacti, ID any source, in addition to primary culture	$ 8
37. Culture, Bacti, ID presumptive, any souce, multiple organism	$ 12
38. Culture, Bacti, ID presumptive, any souce, single organism	$ 10
39. Culture, Bacti, ID screen, any souce, single Organism	$ 9
40. Culture, Bacti, ID, screen, multiple organisms	$ 12
41. Culture, Bacti, ID, urine	$ 9
42. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Ab IgG	$ 20
43. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Ab IgM	$ 20
44. Dengue Fever Ab	$ 18
45. Encephalitis testing in birds (per viral study)	$ 19
46. Encephalitis, Eastern Equine IgG	$ 19
47. Encephalitis, Eastern Equine IgM	$ 19
48. Encephalitis, La Crose (California) IgG	$ 19
49. Encephalitis, La Crose (California) IgM	$ 19
50. Encephalitis, Saint Louis IgG	$ 19
51. Encephalitis, Saint Louis IgM	$ 19
52. Encephalitis, Western Equine IgG	$ 19
53. Encephalitis, Western Equine IgM	$ 19
54. Enterovirus Ab (e.g. coxsackie, echo, polio)	$ 19
55. Ehrlichia Ab	$ 18
56. Estradiol Assay	$ 52
57. Fluorescent Ab screen, each Ab (Bordatella)	$ 18
58. Fluorescent Ab titer, each Ab	$ 17
59. Fluorescent Antibody (Direct) (Rabies DFA)	$ 18
60. Fluorescent Antibody (Indirect)	$ 34
61. Fluorescent Antibody-double stain	$ 8
62. Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH)	$ 35
63. Francisella tularensis Ab	$ 15
64. Glucose quantitative	$ 7
65. Hepatitis, Anti-A	$ 18
66. Hepatitis, Anti-C	$ 18
67. Hepatitis, Anti-HBc Total	$ 17
68. Hepatitis, Anti-HBe	$ 18
69. Hepatitis, Anti-HBs	$ 15
70. Hepatitis, HBe Ag	$ 16
71. Hepatitis, HBs Ag	$ 15
72. Herpes I Group IgG	$ 19
73. Herpes II Group IgG	$ 19
74. Herpes II Group IgM	$ 19
75. Herpes simplex Type 1 and 2 Ab differential	$ 20
76. HIV- Dry Blood spot analysis	$ 6
77. HIV-1 EIA	$ 13
78. HIV-1 WB	$ 28
79. Human Arbovirus IgG	$ 18
80. Human Arbovirus IgM	$ 18
81. Human Chorionic Gonadotropic (hCG) Pregnancy Test-Quantitative	$ 21
82. Human Chorionic Gonadotropic (hCG) Pregnancy Test-Qualitative	$ 11
83. Human Rickettsia IgG	$ 10
84. Human Rickettsia IgM	$ 10
85. Influenza A Ab	$ 20
86. Influenza B Ab IgG	$ 20
87. Legionella Ab	$ 21
88. Leptospirosa Ab	$ 19
89. Leutinizing Hormone Assay	$ 36
90. Lipoproteins HDL cholesterol	$ 14
91. Lipoproteins triglycerides	$ 11
92. Lymes-(Borellia burgdorferi) IgG	$ 22
93. Lymes-(Borellia burgdorferi) IgM	$ 22
94. Meningoencephalytic Ab (adult)	$ 18
95. Meningoencephalytic Ab (childhood)	$ 18
96. Mumps Virus Ab	$ 19
97. Mycoplasma pneumonia Ab	$ 19
98. Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing by DNA gene probe	$ 18
99. Newborn Screening Panel	$30
100. Parainfluenza I Ab	$ 18
101. Parainfluenza II Ab	$ 18
102. Borellia III Ab	$ 18
103. Parasite large volume filtration	$ 47
104. Polio Virus Ab-Type I	$ 19
105. Polio Virus Ab-Type II	$ 19
106. Polio Virus Ab-Type III	$ 19
107. Prolactin Assay	$ 36
108. R. rickettsii Ab to antigen (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) IgG or IgM	$ 18
109. R. typhi Ab (Typhus fever) IgG or IgM	$ 18
110. Rabies Analysis	$ 73
111. Reovirus Ab	$ 18
112. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Ab	$ 18
113. Rheumatoid factor-qualitative (latex)	$ 8
114. Rheumatoid factor-quantitative	$ 8
115. Rotavirus Ab	$ 19
116. Rubella (German measles) Ab, IgG	$ 20
117. Rubella (German measles) Ab, IgM	$ 20
118. Rubeola (Red measles) Ab, IgG	$ 18
119. Rubeola (Red measles) Ab, IgM	$ 18
120. Sensitivity study; antibiotics, disk method, per plate (212)	$ 10
121. Smear with interpretation	$ 6
122. Syphilis test VDRL qualitative (serum and CSF)	$ 6
123. Syphilis test VDRL-quantitative, MHA-TP (serum and CSF)	$ 6
124. T cells including cell ratio	$ 54
125. TB Panel (bilirubin, AST, uric acid, creatinine)	$ 11
126. TB Screen-AST	$ 7
127. TB, AFB, Antibiotic sensitivities; each drug (includes culture)	$ 8
128. TB-AFB smear	$ 8
129. TB-Concentration and Isolation of Mycobacteria, each	$ 16
130. TB-DNA probe identification of AFB cultures	$ 18
131. TB-HPLC Ident of Mycobacterium	$ 26
132. Tissue Culture Studies	$ 163
133. TORCH Ab (CMV, Herpes, Rubella, Toxo)IgG	$ 82
134. TORCH Ab (CMV, Herpes, Rubella, Toxo)IgM	$ 82
135. Toxoplasma Ab, IgG	$ 18
136. Toxoplasma Ab, IgM	$ 21
137. Treponema pallidum Ab-Confirmatory test FTA-ABS	$ 19
138. Typhus in rats-antigen to antibody	$ 10
139. Varicella Zoster Ab, IgG	$ 18
140. Vibrio cholerae ID	$ 93
141. Vibrio vulnificus ID	$ 47
142. Viral Load studies for HIV	$ 121
143. Virus ID-Tissue Cult. Additional Studies, each isolate	$ 34
144. Virus ID-Tissue Cult. Inoculation and Observation	$ 37
145. Virus ID-Tissue Cult. Inoculation of Egg/Small animal, Observation and Dissection	$ 28
146. Yersinia pestis (plague) study in rats; includes slide prep, animal inoculation, plague demo	$ 154
147. Any Public Health Biochemistry 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	Not to Exceed $1.75 WTU
148. Any Public Health Microbiology 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
149. Any Public Health Serology 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
150. Any Public Health Virology 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
151. Any Research 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
152. A-1 (FC MPN)	$ 20
153. Adipates/Phthalates	$ 160
154. Alfatoxins (HPLC)	$ 119
155. Alfatoxins (Screen)	$ 40
156. Alkalinity (Total)	$ 9
157. Aluminum	$ 16
158. Antibiotic disc assay	$ 16
159. Antibiotic sensitivity study/antibiotic	$ 6
160. Antimony	$ 33
161. Arsenic	$ 16
162. Barium	$ 16
163. Beryllium	$ 16
164. BOD-5 day (manual)	$ 160
165. BOD-Automated robotics testing	$ 26
166. Bottled and Vended waters-Colilert	$ 4
167. Bottled Water-Herbicides	$ 237
168. Bottled Water-Trihalomethanes (THM)	$ 33
169. Bottled Water-VOC (P/T)	$ 172
170. Butter analysis	$ 121
171. Butterfat, Babcock	$ 27
172. Butterfat, Roese-Gotlieb (Confirmation)	$ 92
173. Butterfats and Nonfat Solids	$ 32
174. C. jejeuni and C. campylobacter-Environmental	$ 33
175. Cadmium	$ 16
176. Cadmium in foods	$ 3
177. Caffeine	$ 79
178. Calcium hardness	$ 8
179. Carbamates	$ 200
180. Caustics	$ 11
181. Cereal analysis-qualitative	$ 1
182. Cereal analysis-quantitative	$ 32
183. Charm I; App N antibiotic testing	$ 13
184. Charm II; App N antibiotic testing-Cloaxacillin	$ 13
185. Charm II; App N antibiotic testing-Other	$ 13
186. Charm II; App N antibiotic testing-Quantitative	$ 40
187. Charm II; App N antibiotic testing-Sequential	$ 13
188. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)	$ 80
189. Chloride percent-Hypochlorites and Chloramines (screen)	$ 7
190. Chloride percent; Hypochlorites and Chloramines (Confirmation)	$ 21
191. Chlorides	$ 7
192. Chromium	$ 17
193. Coffee (chicory)	$ 4
194. Coliform Determinations-Confirmed (includes MPN for coliform and fecal coliform)	$ 31
195. Coliform Determinations-E. coli (Verified)-each isolate	$ 13
196. Coliform Determinations-Fecal	$ 8
197. Coliform Determinations-Fecal by MPN (includes presumptive, completed and confirmed tests)	$ 45
198. Coliform Determinations-Fecal Coliforms (includes coliform and E.coli MPN)	$ 31
199. Colilert	$ 8
200. Color	$ 5
201. Color and preservatives in food	$ 80
202. Compliance analysis of nutritional content and labeling	$ 13
203. Conductivity	$ 7
204. Copper Flame AA	$ 9
205. Copper ICAP	$ 4
206. Corrosion Control (copper, lead, pH, Alkalinity, THRD)	$ 53
207. Cosmetics (organoleptics, net weight, filth and foreign material)	$ 13
208. Cryoscope (added water)	$ 8
209. Cyanide	$ 160
210. Dairy Waters-MTF	$ 19
211. Diquat	$ 200
212. Dissolved Oxygen (DO)	$ 8
213. Drained weight analysis	$ 7
214. Dry Skim Milk-Qualitative	$ 3
215. Dry Skim Milk-Quantitative	$ 119
216. Dual Column (confirmation)	$ 33
217. E. coli 015:H7	$ 27
218. E. coli MPN	$ 31
219. E. coli speciation	$ 20
220. Endothall	$ 253
221. Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)	$ 133
222. Etiological agent ID for consumer food, beverages	$ 100
223. Fecal Coliform MPN (includes presumptive, completed and confirmed tests)	$ 31
224. Filth and Foreign (filter)	$ 5
225. Filth and Foreign (Macro)	$ 5
226. Filth and Foreign (Micro)	$ 7
227. Filth and Foreign (trap/sv)	$ 389
228. Fluoride analysis	$ 20
229. Fluorides	$ 11
230. Foreign Fat (RI)	$ 4
231. Formaldehyde testing (AIR)	$ 409
232. Fossomatic CC	$ 12
233. Fossomatic OSCC	$ 13
234. Free CO2	$ 12
235. Gamma screen	$ 26
236. GC/MS Confirmation	$ 479
237. General Chemistry (Borellia, Net weight, filth and foreign materials)	$ 16
238. Glycol/Recirculating Water (10-Tube MPN)	$ 13
239. Glycol/Recirculating Water (HPC)	$ 8
240. Glycophosphate	$ 160
241. Gross alpha and beta (Radon 222, Radium 226, Radium 228, Radon, Uranium)	$ 67
242. Heavy Metal (ICAP)	$ 100
243. Heavy Metals (Includes Hg)	$ 180
244. Herbicides	$ 240
245. Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC)	$ 8
246. Inorganic Chemicals	$ 299
247. Iodine 131	$ 396
248. Iron	$ 17
249. Iron and alumina oxide	$ 33
250. Lead-Other analysis by furnace atomic absorption	$ 55
251. Lead analysis (wipes)	$ 20
252. Lead analysis in water/chemistry	$ 20
253. Lead analysis in waters schools, day care, water coolers, faucets/chemistry	$ 20
254. Lead analysis of paint	$ 40
255. Lead and copper analysis for private residence water	$ 23
256. Lead-Blood lead Screen by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption	$ 13
257. Listeria analysis-milk	$ 27
258. Listeria analysis-food	$ 100
259. Listeria culture-Environmental	$ 20
260. Loss on Ignition	$ 5
261. Manganese	$ 16
262. Mercury in foods	$ 79
263. Mercury in Water	$ 20
264. Metal (1 metal) ICAP	$ 16
265. Metals (13 metals)ICAP	$ 53
266. Metals (4 metals) ICAP	$ 24
267. Metals (ICAP) plus Mercury	$ 180
268. Metals in food-ICAP	$ 40
269. Microbiology culture for environmental organisms (Listeria, Campylobacter, Yersinia, Salmonella, Staphylococcus and E.coli)	$ 175
270. Milk Containers-paper and Plastic	$ 17
271. Net Weight and Contents	$ 7
272. Nickel	$ 16
273. Nitrate	$ 13
274. Nitrates and Nitrites	$ 13
275. Nitrites	$ 13
276. Nonfat Solids	$ 5
277. Nuisance Organisms	$ 20
278. Oil and Grease	$ 158
279. Organoleptic Exam	$ 3
280. Organoleptic Exam in foods	$ 13
281. Oyster meat analysis for Vibrio and Salmonella	$ 40
282. Oyster waters-analysis for Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Staph	$ 33
283. Oyster waters; metals	$ 100
284. Oyster waters; organics	$ 40
285. Oyster waters; Pesticides	$ 233
286. Pesticide (Endrin, lindane, methoxychem. toxophene)	$ 100
287. Pesticide battery 12 assays	$ 201
288. Pesticide residues-food	$ 273
289. Pesticide residues-grains	$ 273
290. Pesticide residues-vegetables	$ 233
291. Pesticide/PCBs in soil	$ 246
292. Pesticides/Herbicides and PCB	$ 100
293. Pesticides/metals-ICP	$ 313
294. Pesticides/PCBs	$ 233
295. Pesticides/PCBs (Food)	$ 233
296. Pesticides/PCBs (HECD)	$ 273
297. Pesticides/PCBs (NPD)	$ 273
298. Pesticides/PCBS (Serum)	$ 64
299. Pesticides/PCBS GC/MS	$ 475
300. Pesticides/PCBs in seafood	$ 233
301. Pesticides/PCBs in water (multi scan)	$ 233
302. Pesticides/water (Multi scan)	$ 231
303. pH	$ 5
304. Phenols	$ 319
305. Phosphatase by Fluorophos	$ 7
306. Phosphatase by Sharer	$ 11
307. Phosphatase by Sharer-Reactivation	$ 46
308. Phosphatase by Sharer-Interfering Substances	$ 11
309. Phosphatase by Sharer-Microbial	$ 34
310. Phosphates	$ 40
311. Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)	$ 79
312. Potassium	$ 16
313. Priority Chemicals	$ 166
314. Radionuclides; Gamma	$ 53
315. Radium 226 and 228	$ 725
316. Radon 222	$ 79
317. Red Tide (Sample prep for mouse assay)	$ 67
318. Red Tide (Tissue Culture assay)	$ 133
319. Reducing Sugars	$ 133
320. Residual Chlorine (chloramines)	$ 20
321. Residue/insoluble materials (pipe scales)	$ 237
322. Salinity	$ 7
323. Salmonella analysis-food	$ 27
324. Salmonella and Vibrio analysis	$ 126
325. Salmonella culture	$ 20
326. Salmonella culture-chocolate	$ 47
327. Secondary Chemicals	$ 146
328. Sediment analysis	$ 240
329. Selenium	$ 33
330. Shellfish-Microbial Screen (Staph aureus, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Listeria)	$ 166
331. Silicates	$ 40
332. Silver	$ 16
333. Silvex 2-,4-D and 2,4 TP	$ 237
334. Sodium	$ 16
335. Sodium and Potassium	$ 11
336. Staphylococcus analysis-Environmental	$ 20
337. Staphylococcus aureus ID-Environmental	$ 13
338. Strontium 89 and 90	$ 396
339. Sulfates	$ 8
340. Sulfides	$ 47
341. Sulfite analysis-qualitative	$ 3
342. Sulfite analysis-quantitative	$ 48
343. Surfactants (MBAS)	$ 158
344. Synthetic Organic Chemicals (13 classes)	$ 1,131
345. Syrup-polarization	$ 106
346. Thallium	$ 33
347. Total Chlorine residual	$ 11
348. Total Dissolved Solids	$ 11
349. Total Hardness	$ 8
350. Total Solids	$ 11
351. Total Solids (lactometer)	$ 7
352. Total Solids-Drying	$ 17
353. Total Suspended Solids	$ 27
354. Trihalomethanes (THM)-(Liquid/Liquid)	$ 33
355. Trihalomethanes (THM)-(purge and trap)	$ 79
356. Tritium (H3)	$ 79
357. Turbidity	$ 4
358. Unregulated Volatile Organics	$ 173
359. Uranium	$ 198
360. Urines for methylparathion	$ 8
361. Vibrio cholerae Identification and Typing	$ 150
362. Vibrio vulnificus Identification	$ 118
363. Vitamin A	$ 158
364. Vitamin A and D	$ 185
365. Vitamin D	$ 158
366. Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) (Liquid/Liquid)	$ 33
367. Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) (Purge and Trap)	$ 172
368. Yersinia culture-Environmental	$ 30
369. Zinc	$ 16
370. Zinc in foods	$ 3
371. Any Environmental Chemistry and 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
372. Any Environmental Microbiology 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU
373. Any Research 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	Not to exceed $1.75 WTU

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-13703

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Health Services and Environmental Quality, LR 3:245 (May 1977), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, LR 15:477 (June 1989), amended by the Office of Public Health, LR 24:942 (May 1998), Amended by the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 441911 (10/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:29.