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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

North Carolina 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$10.00 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$13.80 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $78Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $15professional $12

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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 51

$13.80

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.