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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Pennsylvania 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $398 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 8 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$151$135 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$275 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $224 to $692Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $110 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $398professional $151

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
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$354.81
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$616.60
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 34th of 51

$191

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.