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Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines

New York 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 October 2026.

How much does Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines cost?

$8.51

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.94 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$7.94$5.01 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$0.04 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $0 to $257Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $5 to $19
$0.1$1$10$100facility $14professional $8

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$20.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.77

Where New York 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.

New York· 42nd of 51

$8.51

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.