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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 October 2026.

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

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$9.12$5.62 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$23.99 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $10 to $60Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $25
$10$20$50$100facility $38professional $9

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
$10.00
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$13.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$19.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$51.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$9.77
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$6.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.63

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Colorado· 23rd of 51

$13.80

AK $29.51GA $8.71

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.