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Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines

North Carolina 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?

$12.30

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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$11.22$11.22 to $12.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$4.57 to $16.60

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $0 to $50Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $15
$0.1$1$10$100facility $15professional $11

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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$2.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 20th of 51

$12.30

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.