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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Virginia 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 7 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$141$45.71 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$245 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $174 to $759Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $46 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $141

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
$173.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$407.38
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$162.18

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th of 51

$174

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.