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Blood Test Measuring An Anti-Seizure Medication Level

Minnesota 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 July 2026.

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

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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 6 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$13.80$12.88 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$13.80 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $14 to $102Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $27
$10$20$50$100$200facility $38professional $14

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
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.92
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$26.92
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$30.90

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$13.80

SD $26.92DC $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.