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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Louisiana 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $269 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$204$186 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$234 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $204 to $708Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $87 to $269
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $204

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
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$218.78

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$251

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.