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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 July 2026.

How much does Instrument-Read Screening Drug Test cost?

$16.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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$12.88$12.02 to $14.45
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$16.98 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $17 to $166Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $58professional $13

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
$18.20
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$12.02
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$24.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$36.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$16.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $16.98 · 36th 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.