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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Montana 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 from a physician practice, and about $52.48 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 6 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$19.50$16.98 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$22.91 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $21 to $295Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $17 to $112
$10$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $52professional $19

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
$89.13
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$46,773.51
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$52.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$97.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$19.95

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 15th of 51

$21.38

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.