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Thirty-One Drug Level Panel

Washington 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 Washington, 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 $275 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$174$174 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$245 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $245 to $871Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $81 to $257
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $275professional $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
$275.42
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,348.96
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$676.08
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$245.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$446.68

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 17th 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.