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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

New Jersey 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?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 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$14.45$11.48 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$52.48$26.30 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $52 · 10th to 90th $17 to $170Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $20
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $52professional $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
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$42.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$19.95

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 35th of 51

$16.98

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.