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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 July 2026.

How much does Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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$16.98$14.79 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$21.88 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $12 to $59Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $37
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $35professional $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
$11.22
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.98
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$81.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$51.29
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$44.67
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$8,511.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$28.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$81.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$41.69

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in South Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $16.98 · 28th of 51
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.