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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Iowa 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $151 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$16.60$13.18 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$39.81 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $17 to $1,380Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $112
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $151professional $17

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
$16.98
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$109.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$77.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$43.65
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$36.31

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.