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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

New York 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?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 9 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$112$45.71 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$245 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $174 to $676Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $46 to $257
$50$100$200$500facility $427professional $112

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
$169.82
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$288.40
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$50,118.72
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$288.40
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42

Where New York 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.

New York· 38th of 51

$166

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.