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Definitive Cocaine Testing

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 80353

Laboratory test that confirms whether cocaine or its breakdown products are present in a sample and identifies them specifically. Unlike a quick screening test, this method separates and identifies the substance itself, so the answer is definitive. It is used to confirm or rule out a screening result.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Cocaine Testing cost?

$16.60

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 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$15.49$4.90 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$20.89 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $15 to $83Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $5 to $29
$5$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $15

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$38.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.44
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
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
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
$5.37
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$48.98

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 2344.2 times more in Alaska than in Pennsylvania. 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· 19th of 51

$16.60

AK $70.79PA $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.