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Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $19.95 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.75$8.32 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$16.98 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $78Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $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
$12.88
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$18.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.98
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
$6.46
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.02

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd 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.