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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $282 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$115$112 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$200 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $115 to $437Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $89 to $479
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $115

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
$114.82
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$660.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$380.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th 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.