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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Louisiana 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.32 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$22.39 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $22
$10$20$50$100facility $34professional $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
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.47
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$20.42

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.