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Definitive Cocaine Testing

Kentucky 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?

$4.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.90 from a physician practice, and about $10.72 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 $10.96
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.72$0.03 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11 · 10th to 90th $0 to $50Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $22
$0.1$1$10$100facility $11professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$10.47
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$23.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$4.90

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.