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Definitive Cocaine Testing

New Jersey 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?

$0.03

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.03 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.48 from a physician practice, and about $0.03 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$11.48$0.03 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.03$0.03 to $58.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $12,589Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $0 to $25
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $0professional $11

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
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$50.12
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.12

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 50th of 51

$0.03

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.