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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

South Dakota 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 7 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$380$135 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$380 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $224 to $380Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $132 to $513
$100$200$500facility $380professional $380

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$245.47
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$380

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.