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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Michigan 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 6 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$138$120 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$141 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $141 to $263Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $186
$100$200facility $141professional $138

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$416.87
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 39th of 51

$141

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.