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Blood Test To Monitor A Specific Medication Level

Alabama rates for HCPCS 80183

This blood test measures the level of a specific medication in the body. It is used to make sure the amount of the drug in a person's system is within a safe and effective range.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Blood Test To Monitor A Specific Medication Level cost?

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 5 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$11.75$8.71 to $15.14
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$14.45 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $87Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $15professional $12

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
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Pennsylvania than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $14.79 · 31st of 51
PA $33.11DC $10.00

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.