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Definitive Drug Test For Non-Opioid Painkillers

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80329

A laboratory test that identifies and measures non-opioid pain relievers — the everyday painkillers and anti-inflammatories — in a urine or blood sample. It names the exact substance present and reports how much, rather than simply flagging that something from a broad group may be there.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Non-Opioid Painkillers cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $10.00 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 5 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$13.49$10.23 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.00$0.02 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $0 to $35Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $28
$0.1$1$10$100facility $10professional $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
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$29.51

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2884.0 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$12.59

AK $87.10NJ $0.03

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.