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Definitive Drug Test For Muscle Relaxants

New York 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $26.30 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$7.08 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.30$14.79 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $14 to $102Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $5 to $27
$0.1$1$10$100facility $26professional $13

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
$0.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$21.38
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$114.82
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$37.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$37.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$23.44

Where New York 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.

New York· 38th of 51

$13.80

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.