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Zonisamide Drug Level Blood Test

Maryland rates for HCPCS 80203

A blood test that measures the amount of zonisamide, a medication used to treat seizures, present in the bloodstream. Doctors use this test to make sure the dose is high enough to control seizures while staying within a safe range and avoiding side effects. Blood is typically drawn at a consistent time relative to a dose to get an accurate reading.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Zonisamide Drug Level Blood Test cost?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.00 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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$10.00$8.71 to $12.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$8.91 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $7 to $44Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $18
$10$20$50facility $10professional $10

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
$7.24
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$16.22
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$23.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$18.20
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$19.95

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.2 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$10.00

SD $31.62DC $10.00

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.