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Definitive Cocaine Testing

Georgia 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?

$10.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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$4.90$4.90 to $12.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$9.77 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $32Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$0.1$1$10facility $19professional $5

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
$0.03
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$11.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$18.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.17
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 40th of 51

$10.23

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.