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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Kentucky 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $295 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$85.11$85.11 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$295$195 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $158 to $589Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $72 to $302
$100$1K$10Kfacility $295professional $85

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
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$46,773.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$141

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.