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Felbamate Drug Level

California rates for HCPCS 80167

Measures how much felbamate, a medicine used to control difficult epilepsy, is present in a blood sample. The level is checked to confirm the dose is in a useful range, particularly when seizures continue or when other medicines that interact with it are started or stopped.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Felbamate Drug Level cost?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$8.13 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$23.99 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $15 to $145Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$23.99
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.05
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$42.66
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$43.65
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.24

Where California sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

California· 37th of 51

$14.45

AK $41.69NE $11.22

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.