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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Indiana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$123$69.18 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$200 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $148 to $603Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $46 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $200professional $123

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
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$199.53
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 34th of 51

$148

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.