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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Colorado 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 7 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$174$117 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$355 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,259Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $661professional $174

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
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$194.98

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$309

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.