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Salicylate (Aspirin) Level

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 80196

A laboratory measurement of how much salicylate, the active ingredient of aspirin and related medicines, is present in a sample. It is used when an overdose is suspected and to check the level in people taking high doses over a long period.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Salicylate (Aspirin) Level cost?

$10.00

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $6.17 to $31.62.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $89Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $23
$5$10$20$50$100facility $7professional $11

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.5 times more in Massachusetts than in Kansas. 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.

North Carolina· 45th of 50

$10.00

MA $89.13KS $6.17

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.