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Definitive Test For Sedative Sleep Drugs

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 80368

Identifies sedative and sleep-inducing medicines outside the benzodiazepine group in a sample, usually urine. It uses laboratory equipment that names the exact substance present rather than simply flagging that something in the class may be there. It is used to confirm a screening result or to check that a prescribed medicine is being taken as directed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Definitive Test For Sedative Sleep Drugs cost?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$11.22 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$24.55$21.88 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $63Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$20$50facility $25professional $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
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$22.91

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 24.0 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· 34th of 51

$13.49

AK $100GA $4.17

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.