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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Illinois 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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$13.18$10.23 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$22.91 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $18 to $107Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $3 to $22
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $13

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
$14.79
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$32.36
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$151.36
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.62
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.09

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 46th of 51

$13.18

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.