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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Nebraska 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.23 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.23$10.23 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$31.62 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $11 to $263Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $10

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
$11.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$37.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$34.67

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 32nd of 51

$15.49

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.