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Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80338

A laboratory test that identifies exactly which antidepressant medicines are present in a sample, usually urine or blood. It covers antidepressants that do not fall into one of the separately named groups, and unlike a quick screening check it names the specific substances found.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines cost?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 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 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$21.88$0.03 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.05$0.02 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $30Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $0 to $22
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $22

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
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$12.59

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7413.1 times more in Montana than in Oklahoma. 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· 29th of 51

$7.59

MT $148OK $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.