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Salicylate (Aspirin) Level

Texas 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $8.91 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 4 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$11.22$10.72 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.91$6.17 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $89Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $11 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.45
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 42nd of 50

$10.72

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.