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Definitive Cocaine Testing

South Carolina 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?

$12.02

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.02 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $0.06 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$14.13$10.96 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.06$0.06 to $12.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $31Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $30
$0.1$1$10facility $0professional $14

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
$0.05
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$19.50
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$26.30

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$12.02

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.