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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Colorado rates for HCPCS 80306

This laboratory service screens a urine or other body fluid sample for the presence of drugs or drug classes using an automated instrument to read the results, rather than a person visually checking a test strip. It provides a preliminary, or presumptive, result indicating whether certain substances may be present, and further confirmatory testing is typically needed for a definitive result. It covers all the screening performed on a single day for one person.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$7.24 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$30.20 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $13 to $78Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $30
$10$20$50$100facility $50professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$77.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$25.12
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$66.07
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$12.59
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.47

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 9.5 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$16.98

MN $97.72KY $10.23

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.