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Definitive Test for Buprenorphine

Virginia 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?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.77 from a physician practice, and about $18.62 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$9.77$6.46 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.62$15.85 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $7 to $10,233Professionalmedian $10 · 10th to 90th $4 to $22
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $19professional $10

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
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$12.30
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 36th of 51

$11.22

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.