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Definitive Drug Test For Tricyclic Antidepressants

Colorado rates for HCPCS 80336

A laboratory test that identifies and measures the actual amount of tricyclic and related antidepressant medicines present in a sample. Unlike a quick screening check that only reports positive or negative, this names the specific drug and gives a measured result. It is used to confirm a medicine is being taken as prescribed, to check for a level that is too high, or to help sort out a suspected overdose.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Tricyclic Antidepressants cost?

$8.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.75 from a physician practice, and about $0.05 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 7 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$11.75$10.96 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.05$0.03 to $0.06

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $8 to $17
$0.1$1$10$100facility $0professional $12

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
$0.05
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 16595.9 times more in Montana than in Arkansas. 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.

Colorado· 36th of 51

$8.13

MT $331AR $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.