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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 July 2026.

How much does Definitive Test for Buprenorphine cost?

$6.46

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6.46 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6.46 from a physician practice, and about $15.85 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6.46$6.46 to $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.85$0.03 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $0 to $10,000Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $5 to $30
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $16professional $6

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$15.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 5888.4 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· 35th of 51

$6.46

MT $117TN $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.