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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Missouri 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$115$85.11 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$200 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $389Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $46 to $355
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $257professional $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
$194.98
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 24th of 51

$191

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.