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Definitive Cocaine Testing

Nebraska 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $21.88 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$13.18$12.59 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.88$0.04 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $0 to $112Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $46
$0.1$1$10$100facility $22professional $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. 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
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$43.65

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 26th of 51

$13.18

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.