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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0051U

Measures the levels of a fixed list of 31 medications and drugs, to establish what a person is taking and how much. The panel can be run on urine or blood and reports a measured amount for each substance rather than simply whether it is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thirty-One Drug Level Panel cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $135 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$123 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$17.78 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $15 to $282Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $87 to $174
$20$50$100$200$500facility $135professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$204.17

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in North Dakota than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$123

ND $427AL $123

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.