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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$200$178 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$200 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,445Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $158 to $288
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $200

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$407.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$331.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th 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.