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Definitive Drug Test For Tricyclic Antidepressants

Texas 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 October 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Tricyclic Antidepressants cost?

$6.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $1.38 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$8.13$8.13 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.38$0.03 to $3.47

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $5Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$0.1$1$10facility $1professional $8

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
$0.02
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.08
Typical High
$5.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.79
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$11.75
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$2,398,832.92
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.47

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 3981.1 times more in Montana 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.

Texas· 47th of 51

$6.61

MT $79.43TN $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.