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Broad Drug Panel With Confirmation

Alabama rates for HCPCS 0082U

A laboratory drug test that screens a sample for a wide range of medicines and other substances and then confirms the findings with a precise analytical method, reporting which substances are present and which are not.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Broad Drug Panel With Confirmation cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $224 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$166$148 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$178 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $372Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $123 to $209
$100$200$500facility $224professional $166

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
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$245.47

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 46th of 51

$178

SD $479CT $162

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.