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Blood Test To Monitor A Specific Medication Level

Colorado 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $40.74 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 7 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$10.00$8.71 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$40.74$19.05 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $41 · 10th to 90th $10 to $78Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $13
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0facility $41professional $10

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
$10.00
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado $13.18 · 37th 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.