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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 July 2026.

How much does Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test cost?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$13.80$12.88 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$16.98 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $14 to $468Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $22
$10.0$50.0$200.0$1.0Kfacility $263professional $14

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
$14.45
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$14.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$19.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $18.62 · 22nd 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.