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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 July 2026.

How much does Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 7 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$13.18$12.59 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$25.12 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $16 to $135Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $16
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $58professional $13

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
$15.85
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$87.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$24.55
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$25.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$16.22

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $16.98 · 31st of 51
SD $53.70CT $12.02

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.