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Definitive Test For Cannabis

Iowa 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $0.04 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$60.26$14.45 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.04$0.03 to $3.63

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $35Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $13 to $78
$0.1$1$10$100facility $0professional $60

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
$0.02
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$3.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$53.70
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$47.86
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$28.84

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.