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Definitive Drug Test For Tricyclic Antidepressants

Virginia 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?

$10.00

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.00 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8.13 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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 7 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 $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$16.22 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $0 to $10,233Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $20professional $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
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$15.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$13.49
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$10.00

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.