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Definitive Test For Ecstasy-Type Drugs

Georgia rates for HCPCS 80359

Identifies methylenedioxyamphetamines, the family that includes ecstasy or MDMA, in a sample, usually urine. Unlike a quick screening check that only flags a broad drug class, this laboratory method names the exact substance present, so a positive result is far more specific.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Definitive Test For Ecstasy-Type Drugs cost?

$4.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4.07 from a physician practice, and about $24.55 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4.07$3.24 to $10.00
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$14.13 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $8 to $32Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $19
$0.1$1$10facility $25professional $4

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$10.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$13.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$50.12
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$46.77

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 24.5 times more in Alaska than in Georgia. 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.

Georgia· 51st of 51

$4.07

AK $100GA $4.07

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.