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Blood Test Measuring An Anti-Seizure Medication Level

Montana 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$18.62$15.85 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$17.38 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $17 to $78Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $91
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $20professional $19

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$81,283.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$42.66
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$77.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$19.05

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 8th of 51

$18.62

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.