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Prescribed Medicine Blood Level

Alabama rates for HCPCS 80199

A blood test that measures how much of a particular prescribed medicine is present in the bloodstream. The result lets the prescriber confirm the dose is in the range where it works without reaching a level that causes side effects.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prescribed Medicine Blood Level cost?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$22.91$18.20 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$16.98 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $37Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $31
$10$20$50facility $23professional $23

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
$26.92
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$26.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$24.55

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$22.91

SD $44.67CT $17.38

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.