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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 July 2026.

How much does Thirty-One Drug Level Panel cost?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $251 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 5 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$174$117 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$148 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $513Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $110 to $407
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $174

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
$138.04
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$389.05

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 12th 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.