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Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxants

North Carolina 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 6 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$12.02$11.48 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$21.38 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $9 to $151Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $29
$0.1$1.0$10.0$100.0facility $30professional $12

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$25.70
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $14.45 · 24th 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.