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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Georgia 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$45.71$45.71 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$126 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $95 to $309Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $46 to $200
$50$100$200$500facility $170professional $46

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
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$239.88

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$100

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.