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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Illinois 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $324 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 6 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$200$135 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$245 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $200 to $617Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $112 to $398
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $324professional $200

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
$190.55
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 5th of 51

$295

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.