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Opiate Drug Test, Definitive

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80361

Identifies and measures opiates, the group of pain-relieving drugs that includes morphine and codeine, and names which ones are actually present in a sample. A rapid screening check can only suggest that something in the group may be there; this test settles the question and reports the amount.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opiate Drug Test, Definitive cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $15.14 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$10.96 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$15.14$13.49 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $34Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32
$0.1$1$10facility $15professional $14

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
$0.03
Typical High
$0.05
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$31.62

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 14.8 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.

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$15.14

AK $100GA $6.76

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.