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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

North Carolina 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 October 2026.

How much does Thirty-One Drug Level Panel cost?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $166 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$102 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$155 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,122Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $100 to $204
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $166professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 21.4 times more in Montana 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$155

MT $331AL $15.49

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.