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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Nebraska 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$117 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$240 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,175Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $110 to $589
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $309professional $117

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
$173.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$389.05
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 35th of 51

$148

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.