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Definitive Test for Buprenorphine

Wisconsin 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?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.22 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$16.22$6.46 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$22.91 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $23 to $49Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $6 to $195
$10$20$50$100$200facility $23professional $16

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
3 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$75.86
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 30th of 51

$16.22

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.