go back

Benzodiazepine Drug Test, Definitive

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80346

Identifies and measures benzodiazepines, a family of sedative and anti-anxiety medicines, and names which specific ones are present in a sample. It goes beyond a quick screening check, which can only say that something in the group appears to be there.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Benzodiazepine Drug Test, Definitive cost?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.80$10.72 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$22.39 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $15 to $43Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$0.1$1$10facility $35professional $14

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
$0.03
Typical High
$0.05
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$28.18

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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· 18th of 51

$23.44

AK $100GA $6.46

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.