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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Massachusetts 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$10.23 to $24.55
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$14.13 to $35.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $12 to $52Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $8 to $45
$10$100$1Kfacility $21professional $16

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
$11.22
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$50.12
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$66.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$58.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$50.12
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$36.31
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$23.44
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$16.98

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.