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Definitive Drug Test For Non-Opioid Pain Relievers

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 80331

A laboratory test that identifies and measures the actual amounts of non-opioid pain relieving medicines present in a sample — the kind used for everyday aches, inflammation and fever rather than the opioid family. Unlike a screening check that reports only positive or negative, it names each drug found and gives a measured result.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $0.03 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$16.60$8.13 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.03$0.03 to $0.03

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $8Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $17
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $17

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.13

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 5011.9 times more in Washington, DC than in Tennessee. 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.

Kentucky· 16th of 51

$16.60

DC $100TN $0.02

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.