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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Minnesota 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $646 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$245$224 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$646$245 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $200 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $646professional $245

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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 51

$245

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.