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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Mississippi 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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 5 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$18.20$13.49 to $30.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$16.98 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $15 to $35Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $18

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
$14.13
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$30.20

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 26th of 51

$18.20

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.