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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Rhode Island 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $479 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$115$115 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$178 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $162 to $851Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $98 to $148
$100$200$500facility $479professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$239.88

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 44th of 51

$123

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.