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Blood Test Measuring An Anti-Seizure Medication Level

Arizona rates for HCPCS 80186

This blood test measures the level of a specific anti-seizure medication in the bloodstream, helping doctors confirm the dose is high enough to control seizures without reaching a level that causes side effects. It's typically ordered periodically for patients on long-term seizure medication, especially after a dose change or if seizures continue or side effects appear. It requires only a standard blood draw.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Test Measuring An Anti-Seizure Medication Level cost?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.32 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.32$7.24 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$13.18 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $9 to $63Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $16
$10$20$50facility $28professional $8

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
$10.72
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$19.05
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
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Kansas than in Maryland. 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.

Arizona· 37th of 51

$11.48

KS $34.67MD $10.23

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.