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Confirming Lab Test For Specific Drugs

California rates for HCPCS 80351

A laboratory analysis that detects particular drugs or their breakdown products in a urine or blood sample and names each one found. Unlike a rapid screening check, it distinguishes closely related substances from one another and can measure how much is present. It supports treatment monitoring, pain management, and substance-use care.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Confirming Lab Test For Specific Drugs cost?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $0.06 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.95$6.61 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.06$0.04 to $6.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $23Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $7 to $51
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $0professional $20

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$58.88
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.92
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01

Where California 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.

California· 23rd of 51

$19.95

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.