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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Connecticut 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $309 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 5 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$100$91.20 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$200 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $200 to $525Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $87 to $631
$50$100$200$500facility $309professional $100

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
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$204.17

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 22nd of 51

$200

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.