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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Maryland 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $145.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $151Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $68 to $200
$100$200facility $63professional $107

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$107

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.