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Urine Drug Screen Of Thirty-Plus Substances

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0227U

Screens a urine sample for more than thirty medications and drugs at once and reports which appear to be present. It is a first-pass (presumptive) screen and also checks that the urine itself has not been diluted or tampered with.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Urine Drug Screen Of Thirty-Plus Substances cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $53.70 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 6 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$50.12$44.67 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$53.70$50.12 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $54 · 10th to 90th $32 to $295Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $31 to $50
$50$100$200facility $54professional $50

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
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$64.57
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$61.66
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in North 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$50.12

ND $93.33CT $40.74

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.