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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

South 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?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $32.36 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$16.98$13.49 to $19.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$32.36$15.49 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $13 to $105Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $24
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$20.42
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.75

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 19th of 51

$17.38

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.