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Definitive Test for Buprenorphine

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 80348

A laboratory test that confirms whether buprenorphine — a medicine used to treat opioid dependence and, in some forms, pain — and its breakdown products are present in a sample, and can measure how much. Unlike a rapid screening cup, it identifies the specific substance rather than flagging a broad group. Results are used to check that a prescribed medicine is being taken as intended or to look into an unexpected screening result.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Definitive Test for Buprenorphine cost?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$16.22 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$20.42 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $16 to $4,898Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $16 to $60
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $50professional $25

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
$0.02
Typical High
$0.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3981.1 times more in Illinois 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$29.51

IL $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.