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Fingerstick Blood Panel For Medication Classes

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 8 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$74.13$45.71 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$200 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $178 to $589Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $46 to $200
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $74

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
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 37th 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.