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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Texas 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 9 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$93.33$91.20 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$135 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $98 to $661Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $69 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $93

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
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 36th of 51

$148

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.