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Definitive Test For Cannabis

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 80349

Identifies the natural cannabinoids found in cannabis in a sample, usually urine, using laboratory equipment that names the exact substance present rather than simply flagging a broad class. It is used to confirm or overturn a rapid screening result.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Test For Cannabis cost?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.60 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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 6 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$16.60$5.37 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$32.36 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $24 to $93Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $5 to $36
$5$10$20$50$100facility $42professional $17

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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$60.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$33.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$48.98

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 5370.3 times more in Utah than in New Jersey. 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.

Connecticut· 21st of 51

$18.20

UT $162NJ $0.03

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.