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Definitive Test For Ecstasy-Type Drugs

North Carolina 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?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.30 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.30$10.23 to $19.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$23.44 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $19 to $38Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$10$20$50facility $31professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.39
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
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 38th of 51

$12.59

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.