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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Georgia 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 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 8 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$11.48 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$16.98 to $31.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $14 to $129Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $7 to $23
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $23professional $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
$13.80
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$32.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 4.5 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.

Georgia· 42nd of 51

$15.85

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.