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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Alaska rates for HCPCS 0054U

Measures medications and drugs in a small blood sample to check what someone has been taking. At least 14 classes of drug are covered — the count is of drug classes, not of individual drugs, so each class may take in several substances — and each is measured by mass spectrometry. The sample is a fingerstick capillary collection rather than a full draw from a vein.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $339 from a physician practice, and about $708 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$339$115 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$501 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,738Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $115 to $646
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $708professional $339

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$794.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$446.68

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in South Dakota than in Georgia. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$339

SD $380GA $100

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.