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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 October 2026.

How much does Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxants cost?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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$13.80$10.00 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$16.98 to $28.84

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $9 to $26
$0.1$1$10$100facility $22professional $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
$14.45
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$16.60
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
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
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
$16.98
Typical High
$28.18
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
$10.23
Typical High
$25.70

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 18.6 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· 17th of 51

$20.89

AK $100GA $5.37

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.