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Point-Of-Care Drug Screening Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80305

This is an initial drug screening test that gives a preliminary result read directly by the person performing the test, using a device such as a testing strip, cup, or cartridge, without needing separate lab instruments. It indicates which general types of drugs may be present in a person's system, and results are typically confirmed with more precise testing if needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Point-Of-Care Drug Screening Test cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$13.80$12.02 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.14 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $69Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $17
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $18professional $14

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
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.79

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 6.0 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.

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$15.14

SD $56.23DC $9.33

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.