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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Colorado 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$148$69.18 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$263 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,000Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $63 to $178
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $490professional $148

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
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 4th of 51

$263

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.