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Blood Test Measuring An Anti-Seizure Medication Level

Missouri 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?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.32 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$18.20 to $47.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $13 to $81Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $29
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $13

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
$11.75
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
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
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.16

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 14th of 51

$16.60

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.