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Definitive Cocaine Testing

Louisiana 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?

$10.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.88 from a physician practice, and about $8.32 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$12.88$8.91 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8.32$0.02 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8 · 10th to 90th $0 to $30Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $22
$0.1$1$10facility $8professional $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
$13.80
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32
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
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$22.39

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$10.72

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.