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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Montana 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $288 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$240$195 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$288$240 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $195 to $380Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $81 to $363
$100$200$500facility $288professional $240

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$204.17

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$257

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.