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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

South Dakota 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 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$331$182 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$479 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $282 to $479Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $166 to $589
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $479professional $331

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
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$389

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.