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Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxants

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 80369

A laboratory test that identifies and measures skeletal muscle relaxant medicines in a urine or blood sample. It names the specific medicine present and reports the amount, rather than simply flagging that something from a broad group may be there.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxants cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $0.05 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 4 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$13.49$10.00 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.05$0.02 to $21.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $32Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $0 to $26
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $0professional $13

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
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$23.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$25.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2344.2 times more in North Dakota than in Illinois. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $11.22 · 39th of 51
ND $70.79IL $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.