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Definitive Test For Cannabis

Louisiana 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $8.71 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 5 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$13.49$10.23 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.71$0.02 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $0 to $32Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $26
$0.1$1$10facility $9professional $13

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
$0.02
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.92
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$26.30

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$12.02

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.