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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Mississippi 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 4 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$229$112 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$178 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $135 to $355Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $83 to $407
$100$200$500facility $245professional $229

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
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$281.84

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 7th of 51

$229

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.