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Definitive Test for Buprenorphine

Texas 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?

$9.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.08 from a physician practice, and about $9.77 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$7.08$6.46 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.77$9.77 to $9.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $2 to $16Professionalmedian $7 · 10th to 90th $5 to $21
$0.1$1$10$100facility $10professional $7

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
$0.02
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$5.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$190.55
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
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
$0.08
Typical High
$5.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
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
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
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· 39th of 51

$9.77

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.