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Confirming Laboratory Test For Antidepressant Medicines

Texas 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?

$7.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.31 from a physician practice, and about $7.24 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$6.31$5.62 to $10.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7.24$7.24 to $7.24

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7 · 10th to 90th $2 to $12Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $4 to $12
$0.1$1$10$100facility $7professional $6

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
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
$3.89
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$151.36
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
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
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
$5.62
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$10.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
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
$5.01
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$6.46
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04

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· 44th of 51

$7.24

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.